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[Bills of Sale of a Slave Named Nancy, June 18, 1838]
Bills of sale of a slave named Nancy. The initial bill was written by notary William Christy in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacob Sevy is selling Nancy, approximately 15, to John Covington Thomas of Gainsville, Alabama, for $1,200. Handwritten bills are added explaining that John C. Thomas sells Nancy to James Chessher in August 1838 for $3,000, who in turn sells her to Stephen Jackson of Jefferson County, Texas, in 1840 for $1,000. A separate paper is included with a description of this document.
Date:
June 18, 1838
Creator:
New Orleans (La.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Steam-Plows.
Patent for one machine that plows, sows, roles and harrow soil in one operation or separately, including illustrations.
Date:
June 25, 1861
Creator:
Saladee, Cyrus W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson County
Map of Jefferson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1862
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Drawing Off Tallow, Lard &c., from Rendering-Tanks.
Patent for a new method for drawing off tallow, lard, etc. from pressure tanks by introducing water. This includes illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1870
Creator:
Archer, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont News-Beacon (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 7, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
June 7, 1873
Creator:
McClanahan, W. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Velocipede
A patent for a quadrucycle, or bicycle with four wheels, adaptable for use on railroads.
Date:
June 13, 1882
Creator:
McCombs, Paul
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Adjusting Planer Knives.
Patent for a new and improved gauge for planer knives. This design is "for use in planing and other mills where side heads are used to supply the need of a convenient appliance for holding the side heads in best position for filing, sharpening, or setting the bits, to afford a strong machine for holding the side heads firmly and securely in any position that the work[person] may desire while sharpening or adjusting the bits to the desired pattern" (lines 30-38).
Date:
June 17, 1884
Creator:
Thompson, Francis B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Screw.
Patent for a new and improved screw. This design consists in "[a] screw, the body and shank of which are of corresponding diameter throughout their length, the shank terminating in a rounded end, and the shank and body being provided with a longitudinal straight channel extending throughout their lengths, one of the terminal shoulders of the channel being removed" (lines 4-10).
Date:
June 10, 1890
Creator:
Ericson, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trunk-Strap Fastener.
Patent for an inexpensive and simple trunk strap fastener meant to "insure a strong tightening of the same without resorting to the old laborious method of buckling the strap about the baggage, while at the same time the invention also contemplates the employment of a specific arrangement of the strap about the article being bound therewith, in combination with the fastener proper whereby a stronger and more efficient strapping is effected" (lines 16-25).
Date:
June 12, 1894
Creator:
Webb, William James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Log-Hauling Locomotive.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in log hauling locomotives, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1898
Creator:
Fletcher, William Andrew
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, June 12, 1899
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 12, 1899
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 6, 1900
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 6, 1900
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 54, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 26, 1900
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 26, 1900
Creator:
Bixler, Mort L.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bicycle Support
Patent for a bicycle support, which can be attached to different bicycles and carried in the pocket.
Date:
June 17, 1902
Creator:
Moss, Eric
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Enterprise (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 112, Ed. 1 Monday, June 23, 1902
Daily newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 23, 1902
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Match Box
Patent for form of single delivery match box. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Pevoto, Calvit F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Motor
Patent for a Rotary Motor. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 28, 1904
Creator:
Pattinson, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dust Separating Apparatus
Patent for a dust separating apparatus. This device is designed for seperating dust from the air. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 27, 1905
Creator:
Duke, Holmes
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Chapel Cave Hill From Across a Lake]
Postcard of chapel peering out among the trees from across a body of water. The note below is illegible but for the signature, "Mama." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Ave Beaumont, Tex."
Date:
June 25, 1907
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Young Girl Wearing Yellow Bonnet]
Postcard of a young girl wearing a yellow bonnet and white and blue striped dress. Below her feet, "I'm scared I'll get sunburned." is typed out. "Hello, niggers," and "P. Q. R." are written at the edges. On the back, the postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Ave. City."
Date:
June 30, 1907
Creator:
Rotograph Co.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Pavement
Patent for a street paving material made from limestone, limestone dust, and crude oil with layers of crushed rock in between which is waterproof and durable.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Walsh, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Peristine Building in Beaumont]
Postcard of a six story pale blue building with an early model car and horse drawn buggy traveling down the road in front of it. A boy dressed in black stands in the lower right corner. The letter on the back of the postcard is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 65 Beach St. Charlotte N. Y."
Date:
June 22, 1909
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pocket-Closure
Patent for a pocket closure. Illustrations included
Date:
June 29, 1909
Creator:
Wilkinson, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome
Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 6, 1911
Creator:
Mayhew, Nathaniel L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History