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[Legal Document Between E. Glasscock and Van Fugh & Sons]
Legal document concerning a land dispute between Elizabeth Glasscock and Van Fugh & Sons.
Date:
April 30, 1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Killing Rodents
Patent for an apparatus for killing rodents "that may be used effectively for the destruction of all animals that burrow in the ground; and it consists in a furnace for the generation of sulphurous odors or other suffocating gases and a pump for forcing the gases into the burrows of the animals . . . ."
Date:
August 22, 1882
Creator:
Palmer, Austin D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Earth-Auger.
Patent for an earth-auger that allows a hole to "be bored in ordinary soil in much less time than with the ordinary auger. It readily bores in ground in which the ordinary auger will not bore - viz., dry, hard, and packed soil, gravel, and concrete beds."
Date:
September 12, 1882
Creator:
Porter, Thomas & Gillilland, George Washington
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Ordinances: 1883-1902]
Ledger containing ordinances/resolutions passed by the city of Abilene, Texas from 1883 to 1902.
Date:
1883/1902
Creator:
Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Birds eye view of Abilene Taylor County, Texas.
Map shows late nineteenth century Abilene, Texas street names, buildings, Texas and Pacific Railroad, and businesses. Includes short index to local points of interest. Scale not given.
Date:
1883
Creator:
Koch, Augustus, b. 1840
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Loan Notes and Envelope]
Two loan notes, the first recognizing a loan made to John Bell and Alex Martin by Spoonts & Legett, and the second a loan made to Dixon English by Legett & Hardwicke. Also included is an envelope with printed and handwritten text.
Date:
[1883,1893]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Law License for Thomas Middlebrook Willis]
Law license from the Law School of Cumberland University acknowledging that Thomas Middlebrook Willis (1859-1937) has fulfilled the requirements for the degree. T. M. Willis practiced law in Abilene, TX for many years.
Date:
January 18, 1883
Creator:
Law School of Cumberland University
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "consists in the combination of the main bar, which is provided with a head having a suitable recess to catch over nuts, with a sliding head, which has two surfaces to act in connection with opposite ends of the head, but out of line with each other, and a spring-actuated catch, which catches in suitable ratchets made in the main bar, so as to hold the sliding head in position" (lines
Date:
May 22, 1883
Creator:
Hamrick, Jerome Miller.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Dip.
Patent for "a new composition of matter for the treatment of 'scab' on sheep or for other animals subject to like diseases" (lines 9-11) which lists the ingredients and measurements and instructions.
Date:
June 19, 1883
Creator:
Carpenter, Peter M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipt for W. Von Rosenberg]
Tax receipt acknowledging W. Von Rosenberg's payment of his State and County taxes for year 1882 on personal property and real estate.
Date:
June 21, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipt of W. Von Rosenberg for Mrs. E. Glasscock]
Tax receipt received of W. Von Rosenberg for Mrs. E. Glasscock, in payment of State and County taxes for year 1883 on personal property and real estate.
Date:
November 19, 1883
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Taylor County
Cadastral map of Taylor County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some notes are made in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
December 1883
Creator:
Pinckney, Theo. F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene 1884 - Looking Northwest]
Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the northwest at several homes and other buildings in Abilene, Texas.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene 1884 - Looking West Northwest]
Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down and to the west northwest at houses and barns in Abilene, Texas.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene 1884 - Sycamore Street Area]
Copy slide of a photograph of an overview of the Sycamore Street area in 1884. Several buildings are seen and a horse drawn buggy is parked on a street.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene Sycamore Area]
Copy slide of a photograph of Abilene in 1884 overlooking the Sycamore Street area. Covered wagons are seen behind a building.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Aerial View of Abilene - 1884]
Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down on houses in Abilene, Texas.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate for Appointing K.K. Legett as an Elector]
Certificate notifying K.K. Legett of his appointment as one of the electors for President and Vice President of the United States for the State of Texas.
Date:
1884~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Abilene - 1884]
Copy slide of a photograph of downtown Abilene from the train station with a passenger car in the foreground.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Abilene in 1884]
Copy slide of a photograph of downtown Abilene looking down at the train depot to the north. Passenger cars and a freight car are in the foreground.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[First Presbyterian Church, 1884]
Copy slide of a photograph of the exterior of the First Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas in 1884.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Livery Stable Southside - 1884]
Copy slide of a photograph looking over several unidentified buildings to a livery stable. Photograph was taken on the southside of Abilene.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Methodist Church Area - 1884]
Copy slide of a photograph of the view looking down toward the Methodist Church and surrounding area.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[North 1st Street - Abilene - 1884]
Copy slide of a photograph of downtown Abilene on North 1st Street and a train car is seen in the foreground. The Windsor Hotel can be seen in the background.
Date:
1884
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History