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[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen - April 10, 1859] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen - April 10, 1859]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen, dated April 10, 1859, containing a proposal of marriage. A handwritten note at the top of the original letter says: "married 9-22-59."
Date: April 10, 1859
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Dunbar - April 11, 1862] (open access)

[Letter from J. D. Dunbar - April 11, 1862]

Letter from J. D. Dunbar to his son, dated April 11, 1962, and gives information about the well-being of his family as well as messages to pass on to friends in the war.
Date: April 11, 1862
Creator: Dunbar, J. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus. (open access)

Game Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved game. This design "relates to that class of game apparatus in which tilting levers or arms located at the end of an alley or board and bearing numerals designating their value in the game are designed to be struck by balls, so as to displace or change the position of said levers. The invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts forming the apparatus" (lines 14-22).
Date: April 19, 1881
Creator: Pittman, William D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment to Cotton Gins. (open access)

Attachment to Cotton Gins.

Patent for a new and improved attachment for cotton gins. This design "consists of a lever-frame journaled to the gin-frame and carrying a shaft provided with a friction-pulley which may, by will of the operator, be thrown in contact with the driving-pulley of the gin, thus rotating the shaft, which is provided with a set of cleaning-blades fitting between the gin-saws between which they are, by the said mechanism, made to revolve rapidly, thus cleaning the said saws" (lines 18-27).
Date: April 26, 1881
Creator: Steward, Francis Marion
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide Compound. (open access)

Insecticide Compound.

Patent for improvements in insect-exterminating compounds and processes; the ingredients for the mixture and instruction on how to prepare the compound are included. No illustration.
Date: April 4, 1882
Creator: Nettle, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence. (open access)

Fence.

Patent for a new and improved fence. This design calls for two spring-bars to be driven into the ground alongside two crossbars and laced between the latter. This lacing of spring-bars allows for "much additional bracing strength" for the crossbars and enables barbed wire to be stretched along where the spring-bars intersect (line 33).
Date: April 11, 1882
Creator: Daviss, Horatio P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Slicing Machine. (open access)

Slicing Machine.

Patent for a new and improved slicer. This design "consists, essentially, in the combination, with a suitable frame and slotted clamping or holding plates, which are adjustable with relation to each other in order to accommodate articles of varying thickness, of a revolving eccentric or cam shaped cutter having a spiral or volute edge and secured spirally upon a shaft which has its bearings of the frame of the machine, and which, when revolved through the medium of the said spirally-arranged cutter and the slotted clamping-plates, has an automatic lateral motion imparted to it" (lines 17-29).
Date: April 5, 1887
Creator: Miller, Walker C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Freestone County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Freestone County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1891 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 1891
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1891 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 10, 1891
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1891 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 17, 1891
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1891 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 24, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 24, 1891
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1892 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 1, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 1, 1892
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1892 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 8, 1892
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1892 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1892
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, April 29, 1892 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, April 29, 1892

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 29, 1892
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1893 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 7, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 7, 1893
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1893 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 14, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 14, 1893
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1893 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 21, 1893
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. [17], No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1893 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. [17], No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 28, 1893
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1895 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1895
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1895 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 12, 1895
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1895 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 19, 1895
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1895 (open access)

The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Fairfield, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 26, 1895
Creator: Lillard, L. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History