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[Letter from E.L. Stickney of Treasury Dept. to Jesse Grimes, April 6, 1840] (open access)

[Letter from E.L. Stickney of Treasury Dept. to Jesse Grimes, April 6, 1840]

Letter from E. L. Stickney of the Treasury Deptartment to Jesse Grimes, concerning post offices.
Date: April 6, 1840
Creator: Stickney, E. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping about Alamo participants, April 12, 1860] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping about Alamo participants, April 12, 1860]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. News article concerns death of Grimes' son Calvin Grimes at Alamo, along with Jonathan Lindley, and Tapley Holland
Date: April 12, 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - April 3, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - April 3, 1864]

Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley, dated April 3, 1864 and sent from Camp Sidney Johnston, in which he writes about receiving her letter and being very happy that she is pregnant, and says that he will be home by the first of June.
Date: April 3, 1864
Creator: Bradley, L. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Mary Jones's sons, 3 April [1869] (open access)

Letter to Mary Jones's sons, 3 April [1869]

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 3, 1869
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 8 April [1869] (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 8 April [1869]

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 8, 1869
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 13 April 1875 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 13 April 1875

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 13, 1875
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 April 1875 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 April 1875

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 25, 1875
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 April 1876 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 April 1876

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 1, 1876
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 29 April 1876 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 29 April 1876

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 29, 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 April 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 April 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 1, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 5 April 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 5 April 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 5, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 13 April 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 13 April 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: April 13, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music Holder. (open access)

Music Holder.

Patent for a new and improved sheet-music holder. This design consists "[i]n a music-holder, the combination of the base-board, the tension arms, the frictional spiral-swings, the plates perforated to receive the screw, and having the countersunk perforation to receive the knots in the ends of the elastic cords, and the knot receiver" (lines 50-55).
Date: April 28, 1885
Creator: Frampton, Joseph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1887 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 15, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 15, 1887
Creator: Cravens, N. A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Cooking Materials, April 18, 1894] (open access)

[Invoice for Cooking Materials, April 18, 1894]

Invoice for items sold to C. C. Cox by H. Henke and Company, including salt, flour, vinegar, oil, and related items.
Date: April 18, 1894
Creator: H. Henke and Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895] (open access)

[Bill from Dumble, Armistead and Cronon to C. C. Cox, April 1st, 1895]

Bill for items sold to C. C. Cox by Dumble, Armistead & Cronon in Houston, Texas.
Date: April 1, 1895
Creator: Dumble, Armistead and Cronon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Deed for Montgomery County, School District 15] (open access)

[Land Deed for Montgomery County, School District 15]

Record of a land deed granted from C. C. Cox and his wife to the trustees of school district 15 in Montgomery County, Texas, of which Cox was head.
Date: 1895-04-15~
Creator: Cox, Charles Claiborne
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jules Hirsch to C. C. Cox, April 24, 1895] (open access)

[Letter from Jules Hirsch to C. C. Cox, April 24, 1895]

Letter from Jules Hirsch to C. C. Cox discussing the price of timber. Envelope is included.
Date: April 24, 1895
Creator: Hirsch, Jules
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox, April 9, 1897] (open access)

[Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox, April 9, 1897]

Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox discussing recent correspondence and selling a piece of land. Envelope is included.
Date: April 9, 1897
Creator: Compton, R. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from A. H. Traylor to C. C. Cox, April 16, 1897] (open access)

[Envelope from A. H. Traylor to C. C. Cox, April 16, 1897]

An envelope from A. H. Traylor addressed to C. C. Cox and postmarked April 16, 1897.
Date: April 16, 1897
Creator: Traylor, A. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for Land Sold by W. and M. C. Patton to R. L. Wooten, 1899] (open access)

[Deed for Land Sold by W. and M. C. Patton to R. L. Wooten, 1899]

A handwritten deed for land in Montgomery County, Texas, sold from William Patton and his wife to R. L. Wooten.
Date: April 12, 1899
Creator: Patton, William & Patton, M. C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroying Machine. (open access)

Insect-Destroying Machine.

Patent for improvements in insect-destroying machines to remove and destroy the boll-weevil of cotton plants by “gathering the branches of the plant into position to be effectively operated upon by a revolving brush which sweeps the weevils from the plant into a box carried by the machine without injury to the cotton plants.” (Lines 25 -30)
Date: April 22, 1902
Creator: Dyer, Charles V.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Joint and Chair (open access)

Railroad Joint and Chair

Patent for a railroad joint and chair. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1904
Creator: Hooper, William N. & Sunday, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1905 (open access)

The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 21, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 21, 1905
Creator: Frazer, Lee H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History