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Dallas County Probate Case 327: Keightley, Edmond (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 327: Keightley, Edmond (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Keightley, Edmond (died April 18, 1872) and A. Keightley (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1872-02-27/1872-05-08
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 786: Edmondson, Richard (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 786: Edmondson, Richard (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Edmondson, Richard (Deceased) and Ann E. Prather (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1872-02-27/1880-12-01
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Button-Hole Scissors. (open access)

Improvement in Button-Hole Scissors.

Improved Button Hole scissors, where the scissors may be "adjusted vertically for suitable Cutting Hole length"(pg 2). The scissors have a "v-shaped" button hole cutter that can be adjusted to pierce the fabric at a desired depth and a tracing wheel.
Date: February 27, 1872
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders. (open access)

Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders.

Patent for "an extensible fender adapted for large or small fire-places" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1872
Creator: Hall, William N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hand-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Hand-Cultivators.

Patent for "hand-cultivators; and the novelty consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the stock, tongue, and plows; and in the application to the end of the tongue of a shoulder-strap to assist in working the implement." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 27, 1872
Creator: Jones, William G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History