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Buckle. (open access)

Buckle.

Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with [a] frame, having [a] hook on [a] cross-piece and [a] tongue on [another] cross-piece, of a loop or keeper, arranged on the under side of frame and between the two cross-pieces" (lines 69-73).
Date: April 10, 1883
Creator: Thomas, Floyd W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter and Chopper (open access)

Cotton Planter and Chopper

Patent for improvements in "combined cotton planters and choppers; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices" (line 9-12), includes detailed illustration.
Date: July 3, 1888
Creator: Lester, Isaac L. & Whittly, Josiah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device For Illustrating the Transposition of Musical Scales (open access)

Device For Illustrating the Transposition of Musical Scales

Patent for an improvement in machines for transposing musical scales in which a marked and perforated original scale is run over the machine and automatically transported, with levers and rods to mark the sharps, flats, and other information.
Date: July 28, 1885
Creator: Neill, John, Frances
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Support for Use in Writing. (open access)

Hand Support for Use in Writing.

Patent for a new and improved writing aid. This design "is an improved device to rest the hand and give ease and fluency thereto in writing; and it consists, essentially, in a support made of glass, rubber, or other similar suitable material, and having very smooth edges to travel without friction over the writing-paper, in combination with a hand-rest pivoted and capable of a certain degree of motion thereon, and having connected to it the handle of the pen" (lines 18-27).
Date: March 16, 1886
Creator: Wyche, John Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horse Detacher. (open access)

Horse Detacher.

Patent for a new and improved device for detaching animals from vehicles. This design "relates to horse detaching devices, the object being to provide a device of this character of simple, inexpensive, and durable construction, and adapted to readily disengage the traces from the single tree. [The] invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts" (lines 10-16).
Date: February 13, 1883
Creator: Willson, Sam A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jacksonville 1885 Sheet 1

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Jacksonville in Cherokee County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 19, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 26, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 2, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 2, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 9, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 9, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 9, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 16, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 16, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 16, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 23, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 23, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 23, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 8, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 8, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 13, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 13, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 22, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 22, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 22, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 29, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 29, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 29, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 5, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 5, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 12, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 12, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 19, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 19, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 19, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 26, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 26, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 26, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 3, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 3, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 3, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1884 (open access)

The Jacksonville Intelligencer. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 17, 1884

Weekly newspaper from Jacksonville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 17, 1884
Creator: Small, R. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History