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Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition. (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.

Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Allison, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 25, 1876 (open access)

The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 25, 1876

Weekly newspaper from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.
Date: March 25, 1876
Creator: Boudinot, William Penn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1876 (open access)

The Cherokee Advocate. (Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1876

Weekly newspaper from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising.
Date: November 25, 1876
Creator: Boudinot, William Penn
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1876 (open access)

The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1876

Weekly newspaper from Carthage, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 25, 1876
Creator: Bowers, Tom M.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1876 (open access)

The Christian Messenger. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1876

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes news and information on Christian topics along with advertising.
Date: October 25, 1876
Creator: Burnett, Thomas R. & Carlton, Charles
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Choppers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.

Patent for an improvement in cotton-choppers by way of vertical rock-shafts.
Date: May 25, 1876
Creator: Burnham, Theodore O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 155, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 1876 (open access)

Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 155, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 25, 1876

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 25, 1876
Creator: Burson, J. W. & Day, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 182, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1876 (open access)

Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 182, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1876

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 25, 1876
Creator: Burson, J. W. & Day, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 207, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 25, 1876 (open access)

Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 207, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 25, 1876

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 25, 1876
Creator: Burson, J. W. & Day, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 233, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 25, 1876 (open access)

Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 233, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 25, 1876

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Burson, J. W. & Day, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 260, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1876 (open access)

Denison Daily Cresset. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 260, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1876

Daily newspaper from Denison, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 25, 1876
Creator: Burson, J. W. & Day, James H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Feeders and Cleaners for Cotton-Gins. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton Feeders and Cleaners for Cotton-Gins.

Patent for "devices for feeding seed-cotton to cotton-gins, and also, for cleaning the same preparatory to ginning; and it consists of a hopper having wires extending from side to side over a revolving toothed cylinder and a concave thrasher, and being made to reciprocate on a track by pinions on the ends of the thrasher-cylinder, working in double rack-bars, one in each side of the hopper, so contrived that the pinions run them over one way and under the other, making a simple and cheap mode of obtaining the motion." (Lines 6-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1876
Creator: Colquitt, George F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Detaching Horses (open access)

Improvement in Detaching Horses

Patent for improvements for a device used to detach a horse or horses from a vehicle. Included illustration shows 3 elevation views of the detacher.
Date: July 25, 1876
Creator: Craig, John Kerr
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 571: Randall, Jesse (Minor) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 571: Randall, Jesse (Minor)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Randall, Jesse (Minor) and Fred Gayle (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1876-09-25/1878-02-02
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1873: Seeley, Chas. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1873: Seeley, Chas. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Seeley, Chas. (died December 9, 1887) and Jno. F. Edmonson (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1876-02-25/1899-06-29
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Churns.

Patent for the improved design of churns "in which the dasher-shaft is vertical and receives rotation by gearing at the top of the churn" (2nd para.), including illustrations.
Date: January 25, 1876
Creator: Davis, Henry T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Fan (open access)

Improvement in Automatic Fan

Patent for improvement in automatic fans, specifically of a fan attached to a pendulum of a clock mechanism.
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Gollner, Ervin G. & Fretz, Emil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 29, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 25, 1876 (open access)

The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 29, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 25, 1876

Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1876
Creator: Hayworth, A. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Arresters. (open access)

Improvement in Spark-Arresters.

Patent for a new and useful Improvements in Spark-Arresters
Date: April 25, 1876
Creator: Liscow, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 25, 1876 (open access)

Fort Worth Democrat. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 25, 1876

Weekly newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 25, 1876
Creator: Paddock, B. B.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from Walter S. Pugh and A. B. Pugh - June 25, 1876] (open access)

[Letters from Walter S. Pugh and A. B. Pugh - June 25, 1876]

Letters from Walter S. Pugh to his cousin and from A. B. Pugh to his niece, dated June 25, 1876. Both letters speak of the well-being of crops and animals, as well as friends and family. Walter S. Pugh's letter is written on the back of A. B. Pugh's.
Date: June 25, 1876
Creator: Pugh, Walter S. & Pugh, A. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 253, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1876 (open access)

The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 253, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 25, 1876

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 25, 1876
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 280, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1876 (open access)

The Daily Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 280, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 25, 1876

Daily newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 25, 1876
Creator: Rankin, John G. & Levin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.

Patent for "an improved wheel-cultivator, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use in marking the ground, covering the seed, and cultivating the plants." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 25, 1876
Creator: Riddle, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History