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Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 January 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 January 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 December 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 December 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: December 15, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 80, Ed. 1, Sunday, September 15, 1878 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 80, Ed. 1, Sunday, September 15, 1878

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 15, 1878
Creator: Downs, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 105, Ed. 1, Tuesday, October 15, 1878 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 105, Ed. 1, Tuesday, October 15, 1878

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 15, 1878
Creator: Downs, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 133, Ed. 1, Friday, November 15, 1878 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 133, Ed. 1, Friday, November 15, 1878

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 15, 1878
Creator: Downs, J. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 7, Ed. 1, Friday, February 15, 1878 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 7, Ed. 1, Friday, February 15, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 15, 1878
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 46, Ed. 1, Friday, November 15, 1878 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 46, Ed. 1, Friday, November 15, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 15, 1878
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, March 15, 1878 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, March 15, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 15, 1878
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, October 15, 1878] (open access)

[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, October 15, 1878]

Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing ladies he has called on, harvesting crops, and making plans for Christmas.
Date: October 15, 1878
Creator: Brewer, John C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Motors for Operating Churns. (open access)

Improvement in Motors for Operating Churns.

Patent for "a simple and effective motive power for operating the dashers of churns; and it consists of a suitable frame-work provided with a fly-wheel, operated by a pitman attached to a bar projecting from brackets on the side of an ordinary rocking-chair, said fly-wheel being provided with cogs upon one side, which mesh into the cogs on a smaller wheel, which caries a crank for operating the dasher of the churn, a suitable belt being arranged upon the rim of the fly-wheel and around a small pulley for setting in motion a rotary fan." (Lines 13-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Crump, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeders for Thrashing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeders for Thrashing-Machines.

Patent for improvements in the design of band-cutters and feeders for thrashing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Andrews, Henry K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c.

Patent for "an improved apparatus for use in fumigating substances used as food; and also for impregnating water with sulphurous-acid gas, for the purpose of preserving such substances by the antiseptic quality of sulphur" (lines 9-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Ames, Theodore George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Windlass Water-Elevators (open access)

Improvement in Windlass Water-Elevators

Patent for an improvement in Chain-Wheels consisting "in the construction and arrangement of a device for drawing water from wells, which shall be cheap, convenient, and free from danger, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth."
Date: July 27, 1878
Creator: Knipscheer, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.

Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
Date: October 15, 1878
Creator: Alexander, Francis M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 15, 1878 (open access)

Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 15, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 15, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of C. B. Moore from G. A. Wilson, June 15, 1878] (open access)

[Receipt of C. B. Moore from G. A. Wilson, June 15, 1878]

Receipt of C. B. Moore of thirty-one dollars.
Date: June 15, 1878
Creator: Wilson, G. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1878 (open access)

The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: February 15, 1878
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1878 (open access)

The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: March 15, 1878
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1878 (open access)

The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: November 15, 1878
Creator: Robson, G. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1878 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 15, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1878 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, February 15, 1878

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 15, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 83, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1878 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 83, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 15, 1878

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 15, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1878 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1878

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 15, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 194, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 1878 (open access)

The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 194, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 15, 1878

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History