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[Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, April 18, 1871] (open access)

[Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, April 18, 1871]

Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth regarding the matter of some claimed lots. Signed A. Carli & Bro. on April 18, 1871 in Castroville.
Date: April 18, 1871
Creator: A. Carli & Bro.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, April 22, 1871] (open access)

[Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, April 22, 1871]

Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth enclosing the deed for Mr. Haas and hoping that the situation confusing block 4 with block 5 can be settled. Signed A. Carli & Bro. on April 22, 1871 in Castroville.
Date: April 22, 1871
Creator: A. Carli & Bro.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, July 7, 1871] (open access)

[Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, July 7, 1871]

Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth regarding legal action being taken by Louis Haas over claimed land. Signed A. Carli & Bro. on July 7, 1871 in Castroville.
Date: July 7, 1871
Creator: A. Carli & Bro.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, July 12, 1871] (open access)

[Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, July 12, 1871]

Letter from A. Carli & Bro. to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth enclosing a deed. Signed A. Carli & Bro. on July 12, 1871 in Castroville.
Date: July 12, 1871
Creator: A. Carli & Bro.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. T. P. Allen to J. D. and D. C. Giddings - October 20, 1871] (open access)

[Letter from R. T. P. Allen to J. D. and D. C. Giddings - October 20, 1871]

Letter from R. T. P. Allen to J. D. and D. C. Giddings. Colonel Allen writes that he needs to collect some notes on behalf of Helen L. Carmer from the Giddings brothers, who received the notes from the late Allen Lewis. Mrs. Carmer also would like the brothers to take up the matter of a claim on the Female College Boarding House in Chappell Hill between $2,000-$3,000.
Date: October 20, 1871
Creator: Allen, R. T. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recommendation Letter for Henry Crocker, December 4, 1871] (open access)

[Recommendation Letter for Henry Crocker, December 4, 1871]

Introductory letter and recommendations for Henry Crocker asking permission to transfer from Murchison Lodge No. 80 in Hallettsville to Joshua Chapter No. 43 in Hallettsville.
Date: December 4, 1871
Creator: Allen, W. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recommendation Letter for I. F. Bennett, September 22, 1871] (open access)

[Recommendation Letter for I. F. Bennett, September 22, 1871]

Introductory letter and recommendations for I. F. Bennett asking permission to transfer from Murchison Lodge No. 80 in Hallettsville to Joshua Chapter No. 43 in Hallettsville.
Date: September 22, 1871
Creator: Allen, W. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brooms. (open access)

Improvement in Brooms.

Patent for improvement in the manufacture of corn brooms.
Date: August 15, 1871
Creator: Anderson, Edward Americus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Goliad County

Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Goliad County, Texas. The roads to Yorktown, Victoria, Guadalupe, San Patricio, Oakville, Clinton, and Helena, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1871
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Asher & Adams' Texas.

Does not show western Texas beyond 7 miles west of San Antonio. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "55-56."
Date: 1871
Creator: Asher
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Asher & Adams' Texas [Eastern Portion]

Map shows late-nineteenth century East Texas counties, cities, towns, and railroads. Inset: "Portion of Texas." Scale [1:1,267,200].
Date: 1871
Creator: Asher & Adams.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bedsteads. (open access)

Improvement in Bedsteads.

Patent for the improvement of bedsteads in order to make them more convenient and durable.
Date: August 8, 1871
Creator: Baldwin, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds for Treating Chills, Fever, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds for Treating Chills, Fever, &c.

Patent for the improvement of medical compounds for treating chills and fevers. The patent states the components of a "True Ague Pill."
Date: October 10, 1871
Creator: Bevill, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Elevators. (open access)

Improvement in Elevators.

Patent for improvements in elevators, for lifting heavy objects. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: June 13, 1871
Creator: Bishop, Josiah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders. (open access)

Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders.

Patent for new and improvements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Holders which consists in "forming or constructing the pipe with an intermediate chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge or other absorbent porous material." (Lines 15-20) Illustrations are included.
Date: December 5, 1871
Creator: Bond, Virgil A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Shot-Cases and Distributers (open access)

Improvement in Shot-Cases and Distributers

Patent for a "new receptacle for holding several grades of shot, and to an adjustable distributing device for the same. Its object is to enable traders to keep the several kinds or grades of shot in one receptacle, but so that suitable quantity of any one kind can be readily and conveniently measured out" (lines 20-26).
Date: January 3, 1871
Creator: Booton, Sinclair
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tenoning-Machines (open access)

Improvement in Tenoning-Machines

Patent for an improvement in tenoning-machines, including saws, gauges, flanges, and hinged plates.
Date: April 18, 1871
Creator: Bourland, Melton S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Breithaupt & Wilson to Louis Huth, Esq., July 13, 1871] (open access)

[Letter from Breithaupt & Wilson to Louis Huth, Esq., July 13, 1871]

Letter from Breithaupt & Wilson to Louis Huth, Esq. informing him that he was correct in thinking they had made errors and explaining how they occurred. Signed Breithaupt & Wilson on July 13, 1871 in New York.
Date: July 13, 1871
Creator: Breithaupt & Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks. (open access)

Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks.

Patent for the improvement in machines for making paving-blocks.
Date: October 24, 1871
Creator: Brooks, Samuel Wallace
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for "a new buckle or tie for holding the ends of the bands of cotton-bales" (lines 18-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 19, 1871
Creator: Brown, Floyd G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 7, 1871 (open access)

Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 7, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1871
Creator: Burnett, Tom R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 28, 1871 (open access)

Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 28, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 28, 1871
Creator: Burnett, Tom R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 11, 1871 (open access)

Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 11, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 11, 1871
Creator: Burnett, Tom R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 18, 1871 (open access)

Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 18, 1871

Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 18, 1871
Creator: Burnett, Tom R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History