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[Journal of Henry Maxwell]
Journal of Henry Maxwell containing lists of his financial and trade transactions, the items traded, and the persons involved. It is bound in leather.
Date:
1851
Creator:
Maxwell, Henry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Journal of Henry Maxwell]
Journal of Henry Maxwell containing daily activities and accounts.
Date:
1853
Creator:
Maxwell, Henry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eastland County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Eastland County, Texas. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum Land are marked on map. Land shown on map is part of the Milam Land District. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
September 24, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note Claim from Henry Maxwell Against Martin Harrick, February 21, 1863]
Promissory note claim from Henry Maxwell against Martin Harrick for $300 plus three years of twelve percent interest. The original agreement between Maxwell and Harrick is pasted onto the top of the letter describing the claim.
Date:
October 31, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eastland County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Eastland County, Texas. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum Lands are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
September 18, 1875
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, November 9, 1875]
Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing his travels through Texas. John served as a district judge and was traveling with several lawyers. He told Junia he had arrived at his most recent destination safely and hoped that she and the children were well.
Date:
November 9, 1875
Creator:
Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Eastland County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Eastland County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1879
Creator:
Schmidt, V.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed from James Erwin to R. S. Maxwell, April 15, 1880]
Deed in which James Erwin transfers seven hundred and thirty-eight acres of land in Eastland County, Texas, to R. S. Maxwell for the sum of seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars. The borders of the land are described.
Date:
April 26, 1880
Creator:
Schmick, Peter Isaac (Ike)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blacking Brush.
Patent for a new and improved blacking brush. This design utilizes springs to move a blacking brush to and from a can of polish. This results in "evenness of wear of the bristles of the brush, economy of blacking, absence of spattering while extracting the blacking from the box, convenience in substituting the circular brush as a lid for the box in case of loss of the box-lid, and the saving of time in looking for a blacking-brush and a blacking-box separately" (lines 53-60).
Date:
September 21, 1880
Creator:
Wood, Edmund Lorenzo.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice from R. G. Anderson to H. D. Maxwell, November 19, 1881]
Invoice from R. G. Anderson to H. D. Maxwell regarding the sale of a black horse at the cost of twenty dollars.
Date:
November 19, 1881
Creator:
Anderson, R. G.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Blacking Brush and Blacking Box Holder.
Patent for a new and improved combination blacking brush and blacking box holder. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a blacking brush, of a swinging frame held on the back of the brush, and of devices for holding a blacking-box loosely, so as to be adapted to be rotated in the said swinging frame" (lines 82-86).
Date:
April 3, 1883
Creator:
Wood, Edmund Lorenzo
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Trap.
Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "consists in forming the trough of a quadrangular form, and V-shaped in cross-section, with the plates of the opposite sections of the trough forming wedges adapted to be forced into the ground around the mouth of the ant-hill and securely anchor the trap in the ground" (lines 41-46).
Date:
June 26, 1883
Creator:
Bunnell, James F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gray's New Map of Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas [and] Gray's New Map of Cisco, Eastland Co. Texas
Map shows late nineteenth century Weatherford and Cisco, Texas street names, railroads, land ownership, block numbers, buildings, institutions, and some businesses. Includes altitude above sea level and population statistics. Scale [1:7,200] and Scale [1:2,400].
Date:
1885
Creator:
O.W. Gray & Son
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cisco 1886 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Cisco in Eastland County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1886
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People Standing Outside of Rising Star School]
Photograph of a group of people posing outside of the clapboard school building in Rising Star, Texas. Older girls and boys stand divided in the back of the group, a group of younger girls stands before them, and then a group of young boys sit in front of the group. An older man with a cane can be seen standing to the right.
Date:
1886~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Churn.
Patent for a new and improved rotary churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting frame, the walking-beam, two crank-shafts journaled in the rear part of said frame, means for connecting the walking-beam with said shafts, a balance-wheel and dasher carried by one of said shafts, a larger balance wheel connected to the other shaft, and a churn-body secured to said balance-wheel" (lines 50-57).
Date:
September 21, 1886
Creator:
Stafford, George A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cisco Round=up. (Cisco, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Cisco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 8, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Cisco Round=up. (Cisco, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1888
Weekly newspaper from Cisco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 15, 1888
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from J. Sabina Rucker to Charles B. Moore, June 15-16, 1888]
These letters are from the Charles B. Moore Collection. They are written by J. Sabina Rucker to her brother, Charles B. Moore. In this letter, Sabina updates Charles on the Rucker family and details the country around her. She notes that while in the country she saw cowboys herding fifteen hundred cattle to New Mexico. The topic of this first letter moves to correspondences she had begun writing to Henry or Solomon. She discusses their travel and lodging plans and then closes the letter. Her brief, second letter was written on June 16, 1888. She discusses a house the family is looking at and notes that they saw a pack of dogs as they were coming into town. She details some news about a family friends and closes the letter because of the misting rain. The envelope is included with the letters.
Date:
June 15, 1888
Creator:
Rucker, J. Sabina
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Eastland County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Eastland County, Texas. The center of Eastland County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1889~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
G. W. Dakan, County Surveyor and Notary Public
Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs and stylized text of business name.
Date:
1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Breckenridge Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1890
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Child Leaning on Hay]
Photograph of a young child leaning on a small stack of hay. She has short, dark hair and wears a white dress, sash, and boots. She is standing in front of a background painted to resemble and outdoor scene and atop a floor strewn with hay.
Date:
1890~
Creator:
Casey, A. F.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stephenville Sheet
Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date:
1890
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History