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Double strand barbed wire, N.G. Ross, Patented June 10, 1879
Double strand barbed wire, N.G. Ross, Patented June 10, 1879
Date:
June 10, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Orange Tribune, (Orange City, Tex.),Vol. 2, No. 42, Friday, May 30, 1879
Photograph of the weekly newspaper from Orange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with poetry and advertising.
Date:
June 30, 1879
Creator:
Harris, A.P.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubbock County
Map of Lubbock County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1879
Creator:
Stakemann, Max
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County
Map of Palo Pinto County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1879
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Runnels County
Cadastral map of Runnels County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Several features are marked including the center of the county. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1879
Creator:
Wise, Louis C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubbock County
Cadastral map of Lubbock County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
June 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 23, Ed. 1, Friday, June 6, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 6, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 24, Ed. 1, Friday, June 13, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 13, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, June 20, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 20, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 26, Ed. 1, Friday, June 27, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 27, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer, June 16, 1879]
Letter from Emma Davis to John C. Brewer discussing mutual acquaintances.
Date:
June 16, 1879
Creator:
Davis, Emma
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, June 4, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis. The first part discusses mutual acquaintances, and John's wishes that Emma will not forget their memories together. The second part, dated for "Wednesday eve", discusses his and Miss Genie's relationship, what Miss Genie thinks of Emma, and Emma not feeling well.
Date:
June 4, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, June 18, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing the ending of his relationship with Miss Genie, finding time off to visit Emma, Emma feeling ill, and John's wishes for Emma to make a hair wreath for him.
Date:
June 18, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Middlings-Purifiers.
Patent for a "machine for purifying the middlings in the process of making flour that will free them more completely from impurities that has heretofore been done, and to construct the parts of the machine so that air-blasts will be completely under control" (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
Date:
June 3, 1879
Creator:
White, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Photographic Backgrounds.
Patent for a new way of "holding and manipulating photographers' backgrounds" (line 19) including illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1879
Creator:
Moberly, Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Exterminators.
Patent for an improved insect exterminator design with modifications especially suitable for cotton fields, includes illustrations.
Date:
June 10, 1879
Creator:
Walker, John Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spring-Hinges.
Patent for a new spring hinge design which will "either open or close the door or gate after it has passed an angle of forty-five degrees" (lines 20-22) including illustrations.
Date:
June 24, 1879
Creator:
Barry, William G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps.
Patent for an improvements in animal traps. It is similar to a hook and proper for mouse and rat.
Date:
June 10, 1879
Creator:
Milby, Frank Whitson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bag-Fasteners.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in the manner of fastening bags and attaching labels or shipping directions" (lines 4-7) including illustrations.
Date:
June 17, 1879
Creator:
Terrell, Will
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent relating to "certain improvements in presses for baling cotton or hay" (lines 15-16) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
June 24, 1879
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brakes for Wagons and Cars.
Patent for "am improved brake for wagons, cars, and other vehicles which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and powerful in operation" (lines 19-22) including illustrations.
Date:
June 24, 1879
Creator:
Franklin, Mathew C. & Landrum, Nathaniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of Levi Perryman, June 1879]
Received of Levi Perryman through W. A. Morris $61 for the execution issued by W. W. Pear? in case No. 12721.
Date:
June 1879
Creator:
Pear, W. W.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of W. A. Morris, June 12, 1879]
Receipt of W. A. Morris for the sum of $91.49, issued out of County Court of Tarrant County. Signed by G. R. Qsbell and J. M. S. Penderson.
Date:
June 12, 1879
Creator:
Penderson, J. M. S.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt of Levi Perryman, June 23, 1879]
Received of Levi Perryman through W. A. Morris the sum of $21.75 for the costs of execution in case No. 1086.
Date:
June 23, 1879
Creator:
Faris, W. F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library