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Improvement in Bale-Tie Clamps.
Patent for an instrument that tightens the ties used for bales of cotton.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers.
Patent for a process of treating waste animal matter from tallow-rendering factories with plaster-of-paris for use as fertilizer.
Date:
November 25, 1873
Creator:
Stevens, Hennell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Machines.
Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Cottingham, Gideon W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators.
Patent for improving on a plowing device. This apparatus has four independent and adjustable shovels attached together to work to cultivate a field.
Date:
September 6, 1873
Creator:
Cavett, Richard S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saddles.
Patent for re-enforcing and strengthening the front of a saddle.
Date:
September 13, 1873
Creator:
McGrath, Thomas H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Gumming Saws
Patent for improvement in dressing and gumming saws, specifically saws used in a mill either circular or vertical. Patent includes labeled figure drawings and text descriptions.
Date:
November 8, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compounds of Bitumen, Ore, &c.
Patent for a new compound called Bitumenated Ore. "The product is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for both small and massive structures, and for plastering and other purposes." (Lines 66-29)
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Lea, Pryor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
Date:
November 11, 1873
Creator:
Penington, Asa, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Fences.
Patent for "a simple, cheap, and portable fence...which can be readily folded up for transportation from place to place." (Lines 11-13) Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Taylor, Byron L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
Patent for improving cotton bale ties with buckle-tie plate and zinc-galvanized iron wire.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Quarles, Fred.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton Presses
Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Billiard-Tables.
Patent for a design for a billiard table that can also be used as a Jenny-Lind table. Illustration included.
Date:
November 18, 1873
Creator:
Waldie, Samuel H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McKinney Messenger. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 13, 1873
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 13, 1873
Creator:
Thomas, James W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
McKinney Messenger. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 20, 1873
Weekly newspaper from McKinney, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 20, 1873
Creator:
Thomas, James W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weekly State Gazette (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 15, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 15, 1873
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weekly State Gazette (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 22, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 22, 1873
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipt for Levi Perryman, November 1, 1873]
Tax Receipt for Levi Perryman for the amount of $27.04. For 640 acres of H.G. Perryman, 160 acres Austin Morris, and 160 acres W.T. Williams. Signed by W.T.Waybourn Sheriff of Montague county and W.F. Grimes Deputy.
Date:
November 1, 1873
Creator:
Waybourn, W. T.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Charles B. Moore to Will Boyd, November 3, 1873]
Letter from Charles B. Moore in Collin County to Will Boyd, Phelps, Missouri discussing the poor crops that year, including corn and wheat and the slightly better cotton. He discusses the large volume of emigrants entering the area looking for cheap land who are willing to work. He mentions a visit from Uncle Bill Moore from Atlanta, Aunt Polly Winham from Jerseyville, Illinois, and other family members.
Date:
November 3, 1873
Creator:
Moore, Charles B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from George B. Buckler to Charles B. Moore, November 7, 1873]
Letter from George Buckler? saying that he had fallen off a wagon and was unable to come into town. He was no longer able to work as a teacher because the government was too unreliable to pay him a salary. He was owed for three months work already and the pay would only be $50.00 in greenbacks which was not enough remuneration.
Date:
November 7, 1873
Creator:
Buckler, George B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 1, 1873
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 1, 1873
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 51, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 8, 1873
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 8, 1873
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 15, 1873
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 15, 1873
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 22, 1873
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 22, 1873
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History