Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Gonzales County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Patent for an improvement in wagon sheet coverings / tent. The improvement is in the sides of the wagon sheet can be extended by loosening straps to fall the length to the ground and be staked to the earth. This gives a tent to sleep under after a day of traveling.

Patent for improvements in box or "fish" joints for railroad rails.

Patent for an improvement in ant traps. Includes illustrations.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Patent for an improvement in floor clamps, including illustrations.

Patent for a "new and improved horse-power." Relates to railway horse-powers.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in fences, including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a design for a billiard table that can also be used as a Jenny-Lind table. Illustration included.

Copy of transcript for a declaration made by M. Bryan about the return of Stephen F. Austin to Texas in 1835.

Patent for "scissors for the use of dealers in dry goods; and it consists in providing an ordinary pair of scissors with an extension at or near the end of one of the blades, having an entering point and an eye to carry a thread, and designed to serve a convenient purpose in tagging and retagging goods." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Gonzales in Gonzales County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Patent for a wheel plow designed to be simple, durable, easily controlled, and of light draft.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton seed and corn planters which lists the design specifications.

Patent for an improved, multi-piece harness-buckle that is attachable without the need of sewing, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.

Patent relating to "improvements in harness-buckles" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustration.

Patent for a new kind of buckle along with specifications for construction and illustrations of the buckle.

Patent for 'buckles for harness or other purposes, adapted for connection to a strap or billet without sewing." (lines 6-8)Instructions and illustrations are included.

Patent for improvements in buckles used for multiple purposes including illustrations.

Patent for an improved design related to reversible steam-engines meant to economize the space required by the engine and to provide a firm foundation that will allow it to be portable.