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Letter to Mary Jones, 13 July 1879
Letter from Cromwell Anson Jones, son of the last president of the Republic of Texas. The original letter is housed in the University of North Texas Archives.
Date:
July 13, 1879
Creator:
Jones, C. Anson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Mary Jones, 21 July 1879
Letter from Cromwell Anson Jones, son of the last president of the Republic of Texas. The original letter is housed in the University of North Texas Archives.
Date:
July 21, 1879
Creator:
Jones, C. Anson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 19 July 1879
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
July 19, 1879
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person, enclosed with letter to W.E. Hutchison, July 1, 1879]
Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person enclosed with with an additional letter to W.E. Hutchison. The letter addressed to Hutchison describes the mis-handling of the affairs over the estate and property of the deceased Lorenzo de Zavala Sr. The additional letter to unknown person describes his own eye-witness account of the events of the Battle of San Jacinto and his personal endeavors afterwards. Merida, Yucatan, July 1, 1879.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
de Zavala, Lorenzo, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lynn County
Map of Lynn County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
July 1879
Creator:
Stakemann, Max
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Menard County
Map of Menard County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
July 1879
Creator:
Groos, Otto
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 29, Ed. 1, Friday, July 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1, Friday, July 25, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 25, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 27, Ed. 1, Friday, July 4, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 4, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1, Friday, July 11, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 11, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, July 16, 1879]
Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer discussing a trip Emma took and mutual acquaintances.
Date:
July 16, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Emma
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, July 22, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing plans for friends visiting John, and reconciliation with Miss Genie.
Date:
July 22, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in cane-strippers.
Patent for an improvement in sugar-cane stripping machines, using an arrangement of rollers and a movable spring blade. Includes illustrations.
Date:
July 22, 1879
Creator:
James, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wrenches.
Patent for furnishing "an adjustable wrench for holding and turning bolts, pipes, taps, &c." (lines 7-9). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Killough, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Steam-Engines.
Patent related to "improvements in steam-engines. The object...is to devise means whereby the valves may be actuated automatically without the employment of exterior mechanisms by the use of exhaust-steam" (lines 17-22). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Securing Buckles, &c., to Straps.
Patent relating to "an improved device for securing buckles, rings, and similar articles to straps" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Barrow, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Cutting Shingles.
Patent relating to "that class of shingle-machines which form the shingles by means of a knife working sidewise with the grain" (lines 10-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 8, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Henry T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Force-Pumps.
Patent relating to "that class of force-pumps which are to be submerged and are double-acting" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 8, 1879
Creator:
Finney, James J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spark-Arresters.
Patent for improved construction of spark-arresters, "so that they will be more efficient, and yet simple in construction and not liable to get out of repair; and the invention consists of a metallic circular cone, with winding or arched flanges or wings, which extend toward the side of the shall, and they are covered by a plate, to the upper side of which a perforated cylinder is attached, so that all the sparks are arrested and thoroughly extinguished, while the smoke can pass out through the perforations." (Lines 6-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Lochner, Casper F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Odometers.
Patent for an improvement to odometers used for measuring distance traveled in motor vehicles.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Richardson, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Running-Gears for Wagons.
Patent for an improvement to running-gears for wagons, including "improved means for connecting the front axle and reach of a wagon or other vehicle" (lines 6-8) and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Fowler, Joseph C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Feed Mechanisms for Running Saw-Mills.
Patent for improvement to feed mechanisms in running saw-mills, including illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1879
Creator:
Fisher, Charles N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Coolers for Railroad-Car Journals.
Patent relating to "an apparatus for cooling the journals and boxes of railroad-cars and other vehicles" (lines 27-29). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 15, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners.
Patent for improvement in cotton-gin-saw cleaners used in cotton ginning processes, including illustration.
Date:
July 22, 1879
Creator:
Munger, Robert S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History