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[Bills of Sale of a Slave Named Nancy, June 18, 1838]
Bills of sale of a slave named Nancy. The initial bill was written by notary William Christy in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacob Sevy is selling Nancy, approximately 15, to John Covington Thomas of Gainsville, Alabama, for $1,200. Handwritten bills are added explaining that John C. Thomas sells Nancy to James Chessher in August 1838 for $3,000, who in turn sells her to Stephen Jackson of Jefferson County, Texas, in 1840 for $1,000. A separate paper is included with a description of this document.
Date:
June 18, 1838
Creator:
New Orleans (La.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson County
Map of Jefferson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1840
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson County
Map of Jefferson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1840
Creator:
Delano, O. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Jefferson-County
Cadastral map of Jefferson County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, and sandy soil areas. No scale indicated.
Date:
1840
Creator:
Delano, O. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mode of Straining Saws by Atmospheric Pressure.
Patent for the improvement of the reciprocating saw by simplifying the arrangement of cylinders, pipes, and exhaust pumps to produce the necessary vacuum, including illustration.
Date:
August 14, 1855
Creator:
Brown, A. & Coffin, Abel, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of Sale of a Slave Named Adam (or Tircis), December 15, 1859]
Bill of sale witnessed by notary Selim Wagner, containing details of the sale of a slave named Adam or Tircis. Adam was sold for $1,225 by auctioneer for the estate of the deceased Pierre Riviere of New Orleans as directed by his executor, Nicolas Tourne. The buyer was Lucretia Van Woert of Sabine Pass, Texas, though her husband, Theodore Gripon, accepted on her behalf.
Date:
December 15, 1859
Creator:
New Orleans (La.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Beaumont Banner (Beaumont, Tex.), Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 11, 1860
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
December 11, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Beaumont Banner (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 8, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
January 8, 1861
Creator:
Vaughn, A. N.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Beaumont Banner (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 21, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
May 21, 1861
Creator:
Vaughn, A. N.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Beaumont Banner. (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1861
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
May 30, 1861
Creator:
Vaughn, A. N.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvment in Steam-Plows.
Patent for one machine that plows, sows, roles and harrow soil in one operation or separately, including illustrations.
Date:
June 25, 1861
Creator:
Saladee, Cyrus W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson County
Map of Jefferson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1862
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, May 26, 1864]
Letter written by David Fentress to his wife Clara to give her information on where to send her letters to him. He also gives news on the categories of soldiers that are being granted furloughs. There is a note on the back, dated May 30, that gives an update on his health and news of the war.
Date:
1864-05-26/1864-05-30
Creator:
Fentress, David
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, May 26, 1864]
Transcript of a letter written by David Fentress to his wife Clara to give her information on where to send her letters to him. He also gives news on the categories of soldiers that are being granted furloughs. There is a note on the back, dated May 30, that gives an update on his health and news of the war.
Date:
May 26, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Map of tracts adjacent to] Benjamin Franklin Dennis Gahagan League.
Map shows railroad and depot location, ownership of measured tracts of land in the vicinity of and along the Sabine Pass. Manuscript copy of original, map lines are in black ink (over pencil), paper lines are blue, note in purple ink. Scale not given.
Date:
1869
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Drawing Off Tallow, Lard &c., from Rendering-Tanks.
Patent for a new method for drawing off tallow, lard, etc. from pressure tanks by introducing water. This includes illustrations.
Date:
June 7, 1870
Creator:
Archer, John H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Neches Valley News (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 26, 1872
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 26, 1872
Creator:
O'Brien, G. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Jack-Screws and Clamps Combined.
Patent for an invention "to combine a jack-screw or lifting-jack with a clamp, so that they may be interchangeably used." (Lines 19-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas R.; Jackson, Asberry C. & Watson, Claudius S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windmills
Patent for the improvement of wind mills, that includes a detailed description as well as labeled figure drawings.
Date:
May 20, 1873
Creator:
Jackson, Thomas R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beaumont News-Beacon (Beaumont, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 7, 1873
Weekly newspaper from Beaumont, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
June 7, 1873
Creator:
McClanahan, W. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson County
Map of Jefferson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
December 1873
Creator:
Wyschetzki, A. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shingle-Bolting Machines.
Patent for a shingle-bolting machine.
Date:
December 1, 1874
Creator:
Fletcher, William A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Percussion-Shells.
This patent was created for individuals to be able to hit an object with the instrument and the oject immediately explodes on impact. It then produces an excessive amount of explosions. The invention is made out of shells with sections assembled together infused with different substances, and connected by a fuse.
Date:
April 9, 1878
Creator:
Urquhart, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Jefferson County
Map of Jefferson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History