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Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, [12 July 1881]
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1881 December 12.
Land Grant for 99 7/8 acres in Montague County.
Date:
December 12, 1881
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 213, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 12, 1881
Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carriage Curtain Fastener.
Patent for a new and improved curtain fastener for carriages. This design is "an improvement upon that particular form of curtain-fasteners . . . in which a sleeve or barrel having a rotary and sliding movement on a spring-encircled shank or post is provided with a wing or projection for effecting the connection of said sleeve or barrel with the eyelet or grommet of the curtain . . . which will effectually prevent the accidental disengagement of the curtain" (lines 18-29).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Paschal, Thomas M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupler.
Patent for a new and improver coupler for railroad cars. This design "consists, first, in a transversely-arranged bar supported by suitable hangers secured to the end of the car a suitable distance above the draw-bar, each end of said transverse bar being provided with hand-wheels having a notch on their outer periphery, with which engage weighed pawls suitably pivoted to the side of the car; secondly, in an arm extending from said transverse bar for supporting the link" (lines 22-31).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Farnam, Stephen
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Preserving Wood.
Patent for a new and improved compound for “preserving all kinds of wood, in or above ground, but is especially adapted for preserving wood in salt water from the ravages of worms, barnacles and etc…” (Line 24-27) Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Smith, Bat
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Latch.
Patent for a new and improved latch. This design consists "[i]n a latch, the combination, with the sliding-bolt, tumblers having their forward ends provided with hooks or right-angled projections adapted to engage studs upon the bolt, and the lever operated by the bolt and having its forward end adapted to engage with the tumbler of the supplementary lock having its operating mechanism connected to the lever" (lines 68-76).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Rand, Anders
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sun Shade Hat.
Patent for a new and improved sun shade hat. The hat is designed to shield the wearer's head from the sun to prevent heatstroke and keep the wearer's hands free to work. This design utilizes a clamp and washers to enable the hat to remain in the desired opened/closed state while off of the wearer's head, which represents an improvement over previous designs.
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Ross, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "consists in combing with the plow a furrow-cutter for the purpose of cutting or dividing the furrow-slice and pulverizing it to a greater or less extent, like a harrow" (lines 13-16).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Pinter, Francis T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin Attachment.
Patent for a new attachment for cotton gins. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a cotton-gin, of the carrier, feed-roller, having teeth or projections, and the adjustable sliding rake . . . [and] the combination of the carriers, the latter having covering, receiver, toothed feed-roller, adjustable rake, gin-saws, and brush" (lines 68-75).
Date:
July 12, 1881
Creator:
Compton, Willis W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from Dinkie, Alice and Willie McGee to Mary and Charles Moore, December 12, 1881]
Envelope for Mary Moore. On reverse are math problems.
Date:
December 12, 1881
Creator:
McGee, Dinkie; McGee, Alice & McGee, Willie
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 12, 1881
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 12, 1881
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1881
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 12, 1881
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Fort Griffin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
February 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. [3], No. [9], Ed. 1 Saturday, March 12, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Fort Griffin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
March 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 12, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Fort Griffin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
November 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Standard (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Clarksville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
August 12, 1881
Creator:
DeMorse, Charles
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Paul Osterhout, April 12, 1881]
Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his son, Paul Osterhout, involving the state of the family while Paul was away at school. A family has been feeling sick, possibly with the measles, and John was able to make sales on some of his cattle.
Date:
April 12, 1881
Creator:
Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 12, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
May 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 66, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1881
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. XXIVII, No. 90, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 12, 1881
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1881
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. XXIVII, No. 116, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 12, 1881
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Dallas Daily Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. XXIVII, No. 169, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 12, 1881
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 12, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History