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[Transcript of letter from Francisco Ruiz to Antonio Elosua, October 29, 1830]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Francisco Ruiz to Antonio Elosua.
Date:
October 27, 1830
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of invoice for bread purchased, August 21, 1831]
Copy of transcript for an invoice for bread purchased from Francis Smith by Stephen F. Austin and Nestor Clay.
Date:
August 21, 1831
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a decree from the Vice President of Mexico, August 5, 1832]
Copy of transcript for a decree from the Vice President of Mexico, Anastacio Bustamante.
Date:
August 5, 1832
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of testimonial for Jeremiah Turner and an invoice for Miss Peggy Davis, January 28, 1833]
Copy of transcript for a testimonial concerning the character of Jeremiah Turner dated December 14, 1832. Document also contains an invoice for goods purchased by Miss Peggy Davis from James F. Perry dated January 28, 1833.
Date:
January 28, 1833
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burleson County
Map of Burleson County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The residence of Judge Lipscomb on La Bahia Road is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
October 11, 1856
Creator:
Martin, Joseph
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burleson County
Cadastral map of Burleson County and part of Lee County in the Prairies and Lakes region in Texas. A portion of the information in the Lee County segment is a handwritten addition to the original map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1867
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Burleson County
Cadastral map of Burleson County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Several parts of the map are outlined in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
November 1867
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Stalk Cutters.
Patent for an improvement to cotton-stalk cutters by way of an improved framework.
Date:
August 9, 1874
Creator:
Johnston, George; Cairns, John & Johnston, Michael K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seward Papers
Court summons to Seward by J.G. James.
Date:
November 10, 1875
Creator:
Hunt, Thomas M.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Spading, Plowing, and Stalk-Cutting Machines.
Patent for an earth working machine that can be used for spading, plowing and stalk-cutting by arranging “a series of spades in a plane parallel with the axis of the machine and interposed spades in planes at right angles thereto, all attached to a reciprocating cross-bar.” (P. 2, lines [29]-[33].) The spades are adjustable in height and, it can be removed to use as a cultivator. For stalk-cutting, the plows may be removed. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 5, 1876
Creator:
Mathes, William McConnell
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Burleson County, Texas.
Plat map of the original land grants of Burleson County, Texas. There is a circle marked near the center of the map which includes the city of Caldwell and surrounding properties. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Planter and Cultivator.
Patent for an easily converted machine that can plan corn, drill corn or cotton, or cultivate growing crops, including illustrations.
Date:
February 11, 1879
Creator:
Bowles, Talbot M. & Farmer, Joesph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles.
Patent for improvements made to fifth-wheels for vehicles, including illustrations.
Date:
April 29, 1879
Creator:
Findley, James W. & Bowles, Talbot M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burleson County
Map of Burleson County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Machine.
Patent for a sewing machine that stitches in rows or patterns, using select techniques to stitch through layers of fabric and batting, in the manner of old-style hand quilting. Included are instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 5, 1884
Creator:
Woods, Evans
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Caldwell 1885 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Caldwell in Burleson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H.R. Glasscock to Spoonts and Legett - December 11, 1885]
Letter written to Spoonts and Legett from H.R. Glasscock, returning a paper which he signed.
Date:
December 11, 1885
Creator:
Glasscock, H. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Questions to be Answered by James B. Glasscock
Document containing twenty questions for James B. Glasscock, with answers written in.
Date:
December 16, 1885
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H.R. Glasscock to Spoonts and Legett - September 2, 1886]
Letter written to Spoonts and Legett from H.R. Glasscock, regarding a bill written by the pair.
Date:
September 2, 1886
Creator:
Glasscock, H. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence.
Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "consist[s] of posts, a barbed-wire line connecting the top portions of the posts, the horizontal slats, the vertical wires secured at their lower ends to the lower portions of the post, and looped around the slats and connected at their upper portions to the wire line, and thence extending upward and secured to the upper ends of the posts above said wire line, and wire loops passing around the ends of the lower slats and connected with the lower portions of the vertical wires" (lines 82-93).
Date:
December 14, 1886
Creator:
Gordon, Marion J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Double-Shovel Corn And Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new machine for planting corn or cotton that can be "adapted for use as a plow or cultivator" (lines 60-61), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
March 1, 1887
Creator:
Draper, Richard Edward.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jar Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved jar fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a fruit can or jar, having a continuous groove across its bottom and up its sides, of a U-shaped bolt resting in said groove, a cap-plate resting on the top of the jar and through which the legs of the bolt extend, and securing nuts turning on the ends of the bolt above the cap-plate" (lines 78-84).
Date:
April 5, 1887
Creator:
Dickey, Marion Flutcher
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the hopper having a notch or opening in its rear edge, the seed-spout extending vertically along the rear side of the hopper and communicating therewith through said notch, the reciprocating rod having a jointed upper end provided with a seed-cup, the rock-shaft having crank-arm, and an arm connected with said reciprocating-rod, the crank-shaft, pitman, driving-wheel, and the sprocket-gears and chain connecting the crank-shaft and wheel-axle" (lines 84-96).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Clark, Council H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal Trap.
Patent for a new and improved animal-trap. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame, of the spear fitted to slide therein and provided with a notched shank, spring for forcing the spear down, and the trigger pivoted to the frame and provided with a forked plate at its lower end, and with a toe for engaging the notch of the shank of the spear" (lines 8-15).
Date:
November 29, 1887
Creator:
Wood, Evans
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History