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Governor for Cotton Gins. (open access)

Governor for Cotton Gins.

Patent for a new and improved governor for cotton gins. This design utilizes a moveable suspended roll-breast and a moveable rocking frame to regulate the amount of cotton fed into the roll-box. This design simplifies and cheapens gin production, and it makes the parts of the gin more adaptable to other gins of different sizes.
Date: January 3, 1882
Creator: Forbes, Lycurgus D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lora Bryan to Mrs. W. C. Bryan - September 12, 1882] (open access)

[Letter from Lora Bryan to Mrs. W. C. Bryan - September 12, 1882]

Letter written to Mrs. W.C. Bryan from her daughter, Lora Bryan, giving an update about her time in college so far.
Date: September 12, 1882
Creator: Bryan, Lora
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History