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[Bill of Sale for A. D. Kennard, May 12,1857]
Bill of Sale for A.D. Kennard from David M.Smith regarding a slave named Harris. On the back is a witness account of sale.
Date:
May 12, 1857
Creator:
Smith, David M.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Combined Plow-Carrier and Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvement in combined plow-carrier and cotton-chopper by “combining with a plow-carrier, a revolving wheel, placed at right angles with the line of direction of the plows, and provided with a number of horizontal cutters at the ends of its spokes, for the purpose of cutting square across the ridges of earth cast up by the plows, in which cotton seed is sown, and dividing the ridges into isolated hills, each containing one or more cotton-plants.” (Lines 23-29) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 18, 1869
Creator:
Kirtley, Fielding L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers.
Patent for a "means for driving cotton-gins and other light machinery by animal power; and it relates to that form of animal-power apparatus termed the vertical tread-wheel." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 12, 1874
Creator:
Powell, James M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing Attachment for Baling Presses
Patent for an "improved cotton packing attachment for baling-presses" (lines 9-10).
Date:
May 15, 1883
Creator:
Shepherd, James R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard from B.A. Doby to A.D. Kennard, May 16, 1883]
Letter from B.A. Doby to A.D. Kennard about receiving the balance and he also mentions that he will pay Kennard back with interest.
Date:
May 16, 1883
Creator:
Doby, B. A.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Watch Maker's Pliers.
Patent for new and improved watchmaker's pliers. This design "consists in a combination watch-hand tool or pliers to be used by watch-makers for removing the hands from a watch when it is to be repaired or new hands are required to be put on; also for holding new hands when they are to be filed and otherwise fitted to the watch; and the invention more especially consists in certain constructions of the jaw end portions of the pliers" (lines 8-16).
Date:
May 12, 1885
Creator:
Horton, Henry A. R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Revolving Harrow and Cultivator
Patent for a Combined Revolving Harrow and Cultivator that is used to cultivate cotton, corn and nature like plants.
Date:
May 22, 1888
Creator:
Evans,Lucius Sandiford
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cleburne Chronicle. (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1889
Weekly newspaper from Cleburne, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 10, 1889
Creator:
Scurlock, A. C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, May 1, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 1, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 8, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, May 15, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 15, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 22, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 22, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 29, 1896
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 6, 1898
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, May 13, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 13, 1898
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Tie.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in railroad-ties.
Date:
May 17, 1898
Creator:
Armstrong, Henry T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 20, 1898
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado Bulletin. (Alvarado, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1898
Weekly newspaper from Alvarado, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 27, 1898
Creator:
Pardue, P. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1902 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
May 1902
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1902 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
May 1902
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1902 Sheet 3
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
May 1902
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Alvarado 1902 Sheet 4
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Alvarado in Johnson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
May 1902
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Casting Dental Plates.
Patent for casting dental plates which builds upon a previous patent by the same inventor, Patent No. 633,222, accepted on September 19, 1899. This patent professes to eliminate previous issues with casting metal such as pinholes and air bubbles that create imperfections in the dental plates.
Date:
May 27, 1902
Creator:
Streetman, Willard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vending Machine
Patent for a vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 3, 1904
Creator:
Stroop, George G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History