311 Matching Results

Results open in a new window/tab.

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston, October 15, 1868] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston, October 15, 1868]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston regarding the gift of a portrait of Baylor to the Alumnae of Baylor Female College. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.
Date: October 15, 1868
Creator: Houston, Mary W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 332, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 15, 1860 (open access)

The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 332, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 15, 1860

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 15, 1860
Creator: Dashiell, J. Y. & MacLeod, A. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 353, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 15, 1861 (open access)

The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 353, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 15, 1861

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 15, 1861
Creator: Dashiell, J. Y. & MacLeod, A. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 395, Ed. 1, Friday, March 15, 1861 (open access)

The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 395, Ed. 1, Friday, March 15, 1861

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 15, 1861
Creator: Dashiell, J. Y. & MacLeod, A. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 417, Ed. 1, Monday, April 15, 1861 (open access)

The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 417, Ed. 1, Monday, April 15, 1861

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 15, 1861
Creator: Dashiell, J. Y. & MacLeod, A. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 122, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 15, 1860 (open access)

The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 122, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 15, 1860

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 15, 1860
Creator: Taylor, A. N. & MacLeod, A. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 184, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 15, 1860 (open access)

The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 184, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 15, 1860

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1860
Creator: MacLeod, A. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac -- "Extra." (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 15, 1863 (open access)

The Texas Almanac -- "Extra." (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 15, 1863

Tri-weekly newspaper from the Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: January 15, 1863
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 79, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 15, 1860 (open access)

The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 79, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 15, 1860

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 15, 1860
Creator: Taylor, A. N. & MacLeod, A. E.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 510, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 15, 1861 (open access)

The Daily Ledger and Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 510, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 15, 1861

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 15, 1861
Creator: Dashiell, J. Y.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston "News"--- Extra. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 109, Ed. 1, Friday, March 15, 1861 (open access)

Galveston "News"--- Extra. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 109, Ed. 1, Friday, March 15, 1861

Tri-weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 15, 1861
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 149, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 15, 1861 (open access)

The Galveston News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 149, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 15, 1861

Tri-weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 15, 1861
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 15, 1860 (open access)

State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 15, 1860

Weekly newspaper from the Austin, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 15, 1860
Creator: Marshall, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 15, 1860 (open access)

State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 15, 1860

Weekly newspaper from the Austin, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 15, 1860
Creator: Marshall, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Travis County

Cadastral map of Travis County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Some borders and features are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 15, 1861
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Falls County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Falls County, Texas. Falls are marked on the Brazos River, as shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 15, 1868
Creator: Martin, Joseph
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from David Fentress to Clara Fentress, April 15, 1865] (open access)

[Letter from David Fentress to Clara Fentress, April 15, 1865]

Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, describing various aspects of his life, including gifts he has purchased for her, as well as his current living conditions. He also includes details about plants that he has seen.
Date: April 15, 1865
Creator: Fentress, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Maud C. Fentress, Janurary 15, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress, Janurary 15, 1864]

Letter from M. C. (Maud) Fentress to her family regarding the loss of a package of letters that were being brought to her by Captain Hawood and her worries because she has not heard from her son David. Her area has not experience raids for several months, but she expects that to change. She writes about the taking of "Savanah" (Savannah, Georgia). She says that the former slaves continue to leave to join up with the Yankees. She sends an update on family and friends, where they are, what they are doing and their health.
Date: January 15, 1864
Creator: Fentress, Maud C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for an improved plow to turn and reverse the mold-board by using a single bolt to secure the reversible mold-board onto the stock of a plow.
Date: May 15, 1860
Creator: Pitts, William C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Seed-Planters.

Patent for the improvement of planting seeds using a single seed-slide and double tubes from seed box to distribute seeds to planting point in a more direct route than other seed-planters, including illustration.
Date: May 15, 1860
Creator: Pitts, W. C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for the improvement of cultivators using adjustable blades and is adaptable to use different types of blades for a variety of other uses, including illustration.
Date: January 15, 1861
Creator: Alexander, J. T. D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Joining and Fitting Hoof-Hooks. (open access)

Improvement in Joining and Fitting Hoof-Hooks.

Patent for "a new and improved Hoof-Hook or cleaner, for cleaning the hoofs of horses and mules" (line 3) including instructions and an illustration.
Date: September 15, 1868
Creator: Stanley, Frank
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coffee and Teapot. (open access)

Coffee and Teapot.

Patent for an improved coffee and teapot, in which the coffee or tea are boiled into the water and then strained out. Included instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 15, 1869
Creator: Heiss, Gregor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Syringe for Destroying Cotton-Plant Worms. (open access)

Improvement in Syringe for Destroying Cotton-Plant Worms.

Patent for improved instrument to be used to destroy cotton-worms, this instrument “provided with a nozzle, having a fine discharge-passages, through which the liquid is forced slowly, in the form of spray, and that the same nozzle is provided with an inlet-tube, through which liquid can be rapidly drawn into the barrel for filling it, but which will be automatically shut at the commencement of discharging the liquid through the nozzle, and kept shut during such discharge.” (Lines 55-62) Illustration is included.
Date: June 15, 1869
Creator: Robira, Antonio
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History