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[Historic Marker Application: Bracht House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Bracht House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Bracht House, in Rockport, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, floor plans, maps, and photographs.
Date: March 16, 2011
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fence-Building Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Fence-Building Machines.

Patent for "a portable machine comprising a pile-driving apparatus, with a portable attachment for making the holes and driving in the posts; also, a boring attachment for deep holes, and also wire-drums for carrying and delivering wires for the wire fence or telegraph wires." (Lines 6-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 16, 1876
Creator: Tally, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Lockhart to Daniel W. Kempner, November 16, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Lockhart to Daniel W. Kempner, November 16, 1953]

Letter from John W. Lockhart to Daniel W. Kempner thanking him for the invitation to the annual Kempner family barbecue and informing that his wife will be able to attend but he might not on account of a pre-planned duck hunting trip.
Date: November 16, 1953
Creator: Lockhart, John W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History