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[Lumber Calculations]
Paper with handwritten notations that appear to be a list of lumber types, listing number of pieces, sizes, length, and cost. The address "408 N. Akard" is written at the top.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Accounts and Personal Notebook: J.J. Click]
Small ledger book containing personal notes and financial records, including lists of expenses, calculations, grocery lists, sketches, and other information.
Date:
1888~/1891~
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for $31.20]
Receipt with handwritten text: "Received of J.J. Click, Thirty One 20/ Dollars. In full of a/c. Morgan & Son."
Date:
April 21, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figure 1]
Framed patent illustration of a spring-based motor attached to the body of a bicycle with numbers labeling individual components of the invention.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Business Card for Quick Service Garage]
Business card with the company name "Quick Service Garage" above the text "We Repair, Wash and [Re]store Cars" as well as an address in Dallas and a phone number that has been handwritten on the lower left corner.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to J. H. Major - June 20, 1898]
Letter from J. J. Click to John Major titled "Friendly Criticism" discussing a joint business and claiming that Major has been negligent. It includes long itemized lists of accounts documenting money spent by each of them.
Date:
June 20, 1898
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Click to Patent Attorneys]
Letter from John J. Click to patent attorneys in Washington D.C. describing an invention for a windmill with a pump that he wants to submit for patent. He describes the specifications for the design and the models that he is sending with the text.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sketches for Patent Illustrations]
Sketches of technical drawings to illustrate a patent; the first page is labeled "Part of -- John Jones Click's invention" with images labeled "Fig. 1" and "Fig.2." The last page includes notes about the dimensions and various measurements.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[White Oak Wagon Timber Financial Ledger]
Accounting book containing lists of financial transactions and mathematical calculations.
Date:
1877/1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to Patent Attorneys]
Letter from John J. Click to C. A. Snow & Co. patent attorneys asking them to return his invention model when they are done with it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
References to Actual Clients in the State of Texas
Advertisement for patent lawyers (C. A. Snow & Co.) listing Texas clients for whom they have "obtained patents, filed caveats, registered trade-marks, secured copyrights, or done other [patent[ work" organized alphabetically by city.
Date:
1894~
Creator:
C. A. Snow & Co.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement: The Texas Automatic Wagon Brake]
Flyer advertising an automatic wagon brake, with an illustration and text about the brake and an offer to sell it.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Official Certificate for U.S. Patent 692984]
Official certificate issued by the U.S. patent office along with the text of a patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
United States. Patent Office.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Table. [Copy #2]
Patent for an ironing board that has adjustable height and can be folded for storage.
Date:
February 11, 1902
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to W. L. Welch - June 8, 1903]
Letter from John Click asking W. L. Welch to send him one of the ironing tables that he sells so that he can try to arrange a commission deal for someone else to sell them.
Date:
June 8, 1903
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click Regarding a Patent]
Letter from John J. Click about an invention he is trying to patent, outlining the amount he is enclosing for various fees and asking for information about spring manufacturers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Click to J. M. Cripe - May 12, 1904]
Letter from John J. Click to J. M. Cripe discussing Click's ironing board invention and possible sale of the patent to Mr. Cripe.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #1]
Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 2-4, 7-10]
Illustrations of individual parts to patent a reversible spring-motor, with numbered labels to reference each piece. The first sheet contains details for three pieces (8-10) and a partially-constructed component (figure 2); the second sheet includes close-up illustrations of three of the moving parts (figures 3, 4, and 7).
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Document Regarding Sale of Patent Rights]
Legal document related to a quilting machine invented by J. J. Click outlining the sale of partial (1/2) rights to J. H. Major.
Date:
1895
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to J. H. Major - December 7, 1898]
Letter from J. J. Click demanding money from J. H. Major that he claims is owed to him. He also claims that Major is living well while he is suffering from financial troubles.
Date:
December 7, 1898
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to J. H. Major - March 8, 1900]
Letter from J. J. Click to John Major discussing a trip that Major is taking to Arkansas, regarding a possible business deal that can be made to sell a quilting-related invention of Click's.
Date:
March 8, 1900
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lon Poling to J. J. Click - March 4, 1900]
Letter from Lon Poling to J.J. Click, asking to sell Click's quilting invention in Alabama and Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date:
March 4, 1900
Creator:
Poling, Lon
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sketch of Machine]
Unlabeled sketch of a round chamber with feet and pipes running into the top. It has colored shading and there are arrows showing the flow direction in the pipes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History