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[Letter from B.A.C. to Milton Parks, June 29 1883] (open access)

[Letter from B.A.C. to Milton Parks, June 29 1883]

Letter from B.A.C. to Milton Parks. The letter is dated June 29, 1883.
Date: June 29, 1883
Creator: B.A.C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 332, Ed. 1, Wednesday, June 29, 1887 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 332, Ed. 1, Wednesday, June 29, 1887

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 349, Ed. 1, Monday, June 29, 1885 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 349, Ed. 1, Monday, June 29, 1885

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 29, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1888 (open access)

Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 29, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1888

Weekly newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 176, Ed. 1, Sunday, June 29, 1884 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 176, Ed. 1, Sunday, June 29, 1884

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 334, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 29, 1886 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 334, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 29, 1886

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 322, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1888 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 322, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1888

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 36, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1888 (open access)

The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 36, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1888

Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 166, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 29, 1882 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 166, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 29, 1882

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 166, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1883 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 166, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1883

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 183, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 29, 1886 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 183, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 29, 1886

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 204, Ed. 1, Wednesday, June 29, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 204, Ed. 1, Wednesday, June 29, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 186, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 29, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 186, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 29, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 138, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 29, 1886 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 138, Ed. 1, Tuesday, June 29, 1886

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 76, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1883 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 76, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1883

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 153, Ed. 1, Monday, June 29, 1885 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 153, Ed. 1, Monday, June 29, 1885

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 29, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Bag and Twine Holder (open access)

Combined Bag and Twine Holder

Patent for a device which holds both string and bags, with description of construction, parts, and use, and with illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: Cushing, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments (open access)

Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments

Patent for "a system of musical notation in which the several notes or note-symbols are shaped so as to approximate in appearance the shape of the letters from which they derive their appellations" (lines 37-41) especially in relation to piano-fortes, organs, and keyed instruments and in teaching music, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1880
Creator: Black, Jane B. D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has relation to that class of car-couplings in which the open ends of a coupling bar or link are engaged by hooks in the draw-heads; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a coupling, in which the hooks are projecting from the under sides of arms pivoted upon the draw-heads and dropping down by their gravity, and in which the said hooks project into registering recesses in the upper side of the draw-head" (lines 23-33).
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: Boyers, Robert L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design "has relation to that class of wire-stretchers in which a drum is journaled in a frame and is provided with a ratchet-wheel at one end, and in which a lever is pivoted in the frame, which engages the ratchet-wheel, serving to revolve it, and a pawl engages the ratchet-wheel, so as to prevent it from revolving backward, the frame being provided with a wire-clamp, and a rope or chain upon the drum being also provided with a wire-clamp, so that by revolving the drum one end of the wire may be drawn toward the end of another wire" (lines 25-37).
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: Menefee, Stephen Austin & Mullinax, Eli Stephens
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Wheel. (open access)

Measuring Wheel.

Patent for a new and improved measuring-wheel. This design "relates to the construction of an instrument whereby lineal measurements may be taken and automatically registered where the distance is greater than the circumference of the measuring-wheel. The invention consists of a graduated wheel in the slot of a bifurcated handle, and of an automatic registering attachment" (lines 7-14).
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: McCaleb, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark-Arrester. (open access)

Spark-Arrester.

Patent for an improvement to spark-arresters, which deflect sparks and cinders released by locomotive engines. Includes illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: McCormick, John Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a new and improved harrow. This design "has relation to that class of rotary harrows having arms provided with and extending radially from a common center, a track-ring connected to the upper side of the harrow-arms, upon which work friction-rollers connected to the seat-support. It is the object of the invention to improve the construction of the harrow-arms which carry the teeth, and the manner of connecting them to a common center, whereby the above class of harrows are materially increased in efficiency, much stronger, and more durable" (lines 12-24).
Date: June 29, 1886
Creator: McCann, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeding-Machine. (open access)

Seeding-Machine.

Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Seeding-Machines" (lines 5-6) the light draft interchangeable seeding-machine can be converted from a cotton-planter to a corn-planter, and vice versa. The invention is "compact, simple, and durable" (line 13)
Date: June 29, 1880
Creator: McCall, John L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History