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Improvement in Combined Lint-Room and Cotton-Presses.
Patent for the improvement of lint-rooms and cotton presses, including a description and illustrations.
Date:
December 20, 1870
Creator:
Albertson, Ichabod H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspension-Bridge
Patent for improvements in suspension bridges "to increase the strength of the same and reduce the n-umber of parts and simplify the general construction of the same" (lines 10-12).
Date:
May 20, 1890
Creator:
Hill, James Oliver
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "slides over opposite holes in the bottom of its hopper and a dropping-cylinder provided with seed-cups on its periphery and removable screws rising from within the cups, whereby it may be changed . . . so as to plant corn or cotton" (lines 59-65).
Date:
September 20, 1887
Creator:
Becker, Philipp William Adolph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Central Texian. (Anderson, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, June 20, 1856
Weekly newspaper from Anderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 20, 1856
Creator:
Rennolds, WM. B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine.
Patent for certain new and useful improvements in compound engines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1899
Creator:
Johnson, Willie H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributer.
Patent for a fertilizer-distributer with "means for agitating and loosening up the fertilizing material and delivering the same through a series of discharge-openings, such series extending transversely of the path of movement of the machine across the field and controlled by individual and independently-operable feed slides or gates, whereby the machine may be used for simultaneously fertilizing adjoined furrows or as a broadcast fertilizer-distributer" (Lines 12-21).
Date:
May 20, 1902
Creator:
Mize, William P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 33, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Weekly newspaper from Navasota, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 20, 2013
Creator:
McDonald, Scott
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Weekly newspaper from Navasota, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 20, 2013
Creator:
McDonald, Scott
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Weekly newspaper from Navasota, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 20, 2013
Creator:
McDonald, Scott
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Voter Registration Certificate for David C. Dickson]
Voter registration certificate presented to David C. Dickson, recognizing that he meets all qualifications to be an elector of Grimes County, Texas.
Date:
December 20, 1870
Creator:
Pauky, A. S.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to R. K. Phillips, September 20, 1948]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to R. K. Phillips thanking him for the work done on the gin in Plantersville with information about it's current accomplishments.
Date:
September 20, 1948
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Kuhn's Roof Paint and Floor Enamel Sold to H. Kempner]
Invoice for items sold to H. Kempner by Sugarland Industries, including ten packages of Kuhn's durable moss green roof paint and three packages of Kuhn's lead universal floor enamel.
Date:
March 20, 1951
Creator:
Sugarland Industries
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, Jr., April 20, 1949]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner, Jr., discussing referencing a letter written to James about acquiring displaced families for tenants in Sugar Land and Plantersville.
Date:
April 20, 1949
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. L. James to D. W. Kempner, September 20, 1949]
Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing and enclosed account sale on some cattle from Sugar Land with added information pertaining to certain cattle.
Date:
September 20, 1949
Creator:
James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to T. L. James, March 20, 1951]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to Thos. L. James discussing accuracy and possible extension of the National Weather Institute, Inc. long-range weather report service. Kempner explains that the forecasts had been accurate. He suggests trying to extend their service to Fort Bend and Grimes Counties without additional charges.
Date:
March 20, 1951
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Thos. L. James, January 20, 1951]
Letter from D. W. Kempner to Thos. L. James requesting immediate delivery of a 1-1/2 ton Chevrolet Truck to replace a heavy Ford truck.
Date:
January 20, 1951
Creator:
Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. L. James to D. W. Kempner, April 20, 1949]
Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing preparing some wagons for Mr. Keyser and also having plows available should they want one.
Date:
April 20, 1949
Creator:
James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. L. James to D. W. Kempner, July 20, 1954]
Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing communication between the two men during Kempner's upcoming trip. James also mentions a possible meeting, his upcoming visit to Plantersville with J. M. Schrum, and the start of cotton ginning.
Date:
July 20, 1954
Creator:
James, Thomas Leroy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William H. Rempel to Thomas L. James, August 20, 1956]
Letter from William H. Rempel, the director of Research & Long-range forecasting at the National Weather Institute, to Thomas L. James discussing a long-range weather report for the area of Grimes and Fort Bend counties.
Date:
August 20, 1956
Creator:
Rempel, William H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William H. Rempel to Thomas L. James, October 20, 1955]
Letter from William H. Rempel, the director of Research & Long-range forecasting at the National Weather Institute, to Thomas L. James discussing a long-range weather report for the area of Grimes and Fort Bend counties.
Date:
October 20, 1955
Creator:
Rempel, William H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William H. Rempel to Thomas L. James, December 20, 1955]
Letter from William H. Rempel, the director of Research & Long-range forecasting at the National Weather Institute, to Thomas L. James discussing a long-range weather report for the area of Grimes and Fort Bend counties.
Date:
December 20, 1955
Creator:
Rempel, William H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William H. Rempel to Thomas L. James, April 20, 1956]
Letter from William H. Rempel, the director of Research & Long-range forecasting at the National Weather Institute, to Thomas L. James discussing a long-range weather report for the area of Grimes and Fort Bend counties.
Date:
April 20, 1956
Creator:
Rempel, William H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William H. Rempel to Thomas L. James, September 20, 1955]
Letter from William H. Rempel, the director of Research & Long-range forecasting at the National Weather Institute, to Thomas L. James discussing a long-range weather report for the area of Grimes and Fort Bend counties.
Date:
September 20, 1955
Creator:
Rempel, William H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William H. Rempel to Thos. L. James, October 20, 1954]
Letter from William H. Rempel to Thos. L. James providing a long-range weather forecast of Fort Bend and Grimes Counties from November 1954 through March 1955.
Date:
October 20, 1954
Creator:
Rempel, William H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History