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Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres: Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the Year 1765.

Course of the Mississippi River from the Balise to Fort Chartres based on surveys made by the French. Surrounding geographic features are noted with relief shown pictorially.
Date: June 1, 1775
Creator: Ross, Lieutenant
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Two Letters Concerning David Strickland, June 8, 1798] (open access)

[Transcript of Two Letters Concerning David Strickland, June 8, 1798]

Copy of transcript for a letter to Zenon Trudeau, on June 8, 1798, discussing the life of David Strickland, who works as a farmer for someone else but wants to farm for himself on the Bois Brule River in order to establish his family. A second letter, from David Strickland, asking that he be granted the land on the river to farm.
Date: June 8, 1798
Creator: Strickland, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from John Francis Merieult to James Miller, June 13, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from John Francis Merieult to James Miller, June 13, 1801]

Copy of transcript for a letter from John Francis Merieult to James Miller Esq. concerning the remittance of $1,200 in muscovado sugars for the account of Dr. George Fisher.
Date: June 13, 1801
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of observations on the account of Stephen Austin against his brother's business Moses Austin and Co., June 1802] (open access)

[Transcript of observations on the account of Stephen Austin against his brother's business Moses Austin and Co., June 1802]

Copy of transcript of observations on the account of Stephen Austin against his brother's business Moses Austin and Co. in which charges made by Stephen and Charles Austin were admitted and rejected in the settlement of business matters concerning the family's lead mine in Virginia.
Date: June 1802
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oliver J. Glessner to Miss Lou Moore] (open access)

[Letter from Oliver J. Glessner to Miss Lou Moore]

Handwritten letter from Oliver J. Glessner to Miss Lou Moore, inquiring about her well-being and whether she had a safe and pleasant trip to Illinois, as well as a desire to meet her again in Indiana. The two would marry later that year. The lined paper is embossed in the far left top corner with a small crown and shield.
Date: June 8, 1860
Creator: Glessner, Oliver J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, June 15, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, June 15, 1864]

Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, wherein Charles copies and forwards a letter from Jim Wilson to be sent to Wilson's family. Jim Wilson is writing from Rock Island Prison in Illinois, thanking Charles for his offer of money and offering some news.
Date: June 15, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, June 15, 1864] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, June 15, 1864]

Transcript of a letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, wherein Charles copies and forwards a letter from Jim Wilson to be sent to Wilson's family. Jim Wilson is writing from Rock Island Prison in Illinois, thanking Charles for his offer of money and offering some news.
Date: June 15, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore, June 26, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore, June 26, 1864]

Letter from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore in which Josephus shares his harsh views about the South, some war news, local news. In addition, he notes that he has a large crop to harvest.
Date: June 26, 1864
Creator: Moore, Josephus C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore, June 26, 1864] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore, June 26, 1864]

Transcript of letter from Josephus Moore to Charles Moore in which Josephus shares his harsh views about the South, some war news, local news. In addition, he notes that he has a large crop to harvest.
Date: June 26, 1864
Creator: Moore, Josephus C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Charles Moore to Elvira Moore, June 5, 1865] (open access)

[Letter from Charles Moore to Elvira Moore, June 5, 1865]

Letter from Charles Moore to Elvira Moore regarding family health, a successful crop, and the postwar fate of some people known to his family.
Date: June 5, 1865
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter  from Charles Moore to Elvira Moore, June 5, 1865] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Elvira Moore, June 5, 1865]

Transcript of a letter from Charles Moore to Elvira Moore regarding family health, a successful crop, and the postwar fate of some people known to his family.
Date: June 5, 1865
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees. (open access)

Improvement in Adjustable Saddle-Trees.

Patent for "improvements in saddle-trees; and the invention consists in constructing the forward ends of the trees with the hinged connection between its sides, to allow lateral adjustment of the sides to and from each other..." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 16, 1874
Creator: Heaton, George & Eckley, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Fifth Year, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 6, 1891 (open access)

The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Fifth Year, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 6, 1891

Weekly African-American newspaper from Springfield, Illinois that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 6, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Fifth Year, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 13, 1891 (open access)

The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Fifth Year, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 13, 1891

Weekly African-American newspaper from Springfield, Illinois that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 13, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 4, 1892 (open access)

The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 4, 1892

Weekly African-American newspaper from Springfield, Illinois that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 4, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 11, 1892 (open access)

The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 40, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 11, 1892

Weekly African-American newspaper from Springfield, Illinois that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 11, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 25, 1892 (open access)

The State Capital. (Springfield, Ill.), Vol. Sixth Year, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 25, 1892

Weekly African-American newspaper from Springfield, Illinois that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 25, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Press. (open access)

Cotton-Press.

Patent for a cotton-press that compresses "cotton as it is delivered from the gin into convenient shape and size of bundle, for facilitating the transportation thereof" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 25, 1895
Creator: Taylor, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for a oil burner. "This invention relates to improvements in that class of burners used for burning hydrocarbon oils or liquid fuel, and while it is more especially intended to be used for heating steam generators or boiler" (8-12) illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1903
Creator: Wafer, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Battery (open access)

Electrical Battery

Patent for an electrical battery. Illustration included.
Date: June 14, 1904
Creator: Haschke, Juluis E. & Haschke, Feodor G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for a cotton and corn planter that does not put as much pressure on the tongue of the machine as previous models and that allows the plow attachment to be lifted higher off the ground to avoid obstacles.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: Goodnight, Frank H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. B. Storey to Henry Sayles, June 1, 1909] (open access)

[Letter from W. B. Storey to Henry Sayles, June 1, 1909]

Letter from W. B. Storey to Mr. Henry Sayles discussing a newspaper clipping about a meeting between the two men regarding the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System doing business in Abilene, Texas.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Storey, William B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas Mitchell Campbell to E. P. Ripley, June 4, 1909] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas Mitchell Campbell to E. P. Ripley, June 4, 1909]

Letter from Thomas Mitchell Campbell to E. P. Ripley, discussing the proposed railways in Texas by the national railroad corporations. This copy of the letter is only pages 1-3, missing the final pages. The heading reads "Executive Office, State of Texas. Austin."
Date: June 4, 1909
Creator: Campbell, Thomas Mitchell, 1856-1923
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from B. H. Wilson to George Pendexter, June 18, 1912]

Postcard from B. H. Wilson to George Pendexter regarding more cards he has to send once he prints them; Wilson notes that the truck in the photo is a "ladder truck in the Decoration Day Parade, 1908." The truck is loaded with ladders and has at least four firemen on it, one is seated at the rear, one is standing on the side, and two are seated in the driver's seat while holdings the reins to the horses. The truck also has two small American flags planted on either side of it.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Wilson, B. H.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History