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Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 November 1879
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
November 1, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person, enclosed with letter to W.E. Hutchison, July 1, 1879]
Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person enclosed with with an additional letter to W.E. Hutchison. The letter addressed to Hutchison describes the mis-handling of the affairs over the estate and property of the deceased Lorenzo de Zavala Sr. The additional letter to unknown person describes his own eye-witness account of the events of the Battle of San Jacinto and his personal endeavors afterwards. Merida, Yucatan, July 1, 1879.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
de Zavala, Lorenzo, Jr.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Petition to Judge T.L. Nugent from Attorneys Cooker and Estes, October 1 1879]
Petition from the Attorneys Cooker and Estes to Judge T.L. Nugent. A Hood County Certificate of True Copy is attached to the document. The attached document was signed by clerk, T.P. Morgan. The document is dated October 1, 1879.
Date:
October 1, 1879
Creator:
Cooker and Estes
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Fannie Curtis to parents, September 1 1879]
Letter from Fannie Curtis to her parents. The letter is dated September 1, 1879.
Date:
September 1, 1879
Creator:
Fannie Curtis
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Live Oak County
Map of Live Oak County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
March 1, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1, Friday, August 1, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 1, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, September 1, 1879]
Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer discussing a trip her family is planning, harvesting crops, and mutual acquaintances.
Date:
September 1, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Emma
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cart-Saddle
Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Franks, Ely Anderson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Wrenches.
Patent for furnishing "an adjustable wrench for holding and turning bolts, pipes, taps, &c." (lines 7-9). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Killough, William B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Steam-Engines.
Patent related to "improvements in steam-engines. The object...is to devise means whereby the valves may be actuated automatically without the employment of exterior mechanisms by the use of exhaust-steam" (lines 17-22). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions.
Patent for a new piano-forte action made of sheet-metal, including illustrations.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Roedern, George O. V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Securing Buckles, &c., to Straps.
Patent relating to "an improved device for securing buckles, rings, and similar articles to straps" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Barrow, Benjamin F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Manifold-Writing Tablet.
Patent for writing platform which allows for the creation of carbon copies.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Morris, Robert, C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
Date:
April 1, 1879
Creator:
Dyer, Charles V.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Buckles.
Patent relating to "improvements in harness-buckles" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Carnes, William J., Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pumps.
Patent relating to "improvements in double-acting pumps. The object is to devise a pump...[so] as to allow the admission of water at one end of and its discharge at the other" (lines 16-24). Includes instructions and illustration.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Garlock, William H. & Cooke, Richard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note for $66.88, October 1, 1879]
Not from Levi Perryman to N.(?) H. Wilson promising to pay $66.88, at ten percent interest after maturity. Notes on the back note that $24.35 was received on December 30, 1879. $20 was received on June 3rd, 1880.
Date:
October 1, 1879
Creator:
Perryman, Levi
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of Levi Perryman, July 1, 1879]
Received of Levi Perryman through W. A. Morris, the sum of $71.85for costs in the Case of the State of Texas vs T. Stowe. Signed by Justice of the Peace G. M. Langford
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Langford, G. M.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of Levi Perryman, July 1, 1879]
Received of Levi Perryman the sum of $500 in Montague County warrants and $91 for the execution in favor of Green & Bell. In the case of Greene & Bell vs Thomas & Wesser?.
Date:
July 1, 1879
Creator:
Stephens & Matlock
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of Levi Perryman, November 1, 1879]
Received of Levi Perryman through W. A. Morris the sum of $5 for the County Judge fee.
Date:
November 1, 1879
Creator:
Rugley, R. D.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Tax Receipt, Febrary 1, 1879]
Collin County tax receipt issued from tax collector, L. W. Oglesby, to Charles B. Moore for $39.90, "in payment of state and county taxes for the year of 1878" (top of receipt).
Date:
February 1, 1879
Creator:
Oglesby, L. W.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Envelope from Dinkie McGee for Mary Moore, March 1, 1879]
Envelope for Mary Moore.
Date:
March 1, 1879
Creator:
McGee, Dinkie
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 1, 1879
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 1, 1879
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 1879
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 1, 1879
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History