Combined Seed Planter and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Seed Planter and Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved combined planter and cultivator. This design has for its object "to facilitate the planting of seed and the cultivating of plants, and to promote convenience in adjusting the machines for the different kinds of work. The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts" (lines 21-27).
Date: November 25, 1884
Creator: Shannon, Thomas Brandon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 November 1874 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 November 1874

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 25, 1874
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History