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[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846] (open access)

[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, concerns horse sale and immigration. Mentions F.H. Womack, E.G. Collier, John Dunbar, Albert Grimes, Mrs. Pew, Joseph Black, and Judge Lister.
Date: January 1, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 9 January 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 9 January 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 9, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 January 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 January 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 15, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 3 January 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 3 January 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 3, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 23 January 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 23 January 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 23, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Montgomery Journal. (Montgomery, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1881 (open access)

The Montgomery Journal. (Montgomery, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1881

Newspaper from Montgomery, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revolving Boot and Shoe Box. (open access)

Revolving Boot and Shoe Box.

Patent for a new and improved revolving boot and shoe box. This design "consists in the employment of a revolving conoidal or tapering case having a series of compartments arranged one series above another throughout its entire height, and disposed within a surrounding case or inclosure provided with sliding doors" (lines 23-29).
Date: January 9, 1883
Creator: Irvine, William Fielding
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Buncher. (open access)

Cotton Buncher.

Patent for a new and improved cotton buncher. This design utilizes a wheel that "is to press down the plants and weeds that are to be destroyed, so that the plows, whether used along with the wheel or afterward, will cover them up with fresh earth, and thus assist in destroying them, and at the same time cultivating the plants to be retained and facilitating the subsequent thinning process" (lines 62-68).
Date: January 16, 1883
Creator: Goodin, James Louis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. [2], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 1885 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. [2], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, January 16, 1885

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 16, 1885
Creator: Cravens, N. A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1886 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 29, 1886
Creator: Cravens, N. A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. [4], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1887 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. [4], No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1887

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1887
Creator: Cravens, N. A., Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ox-Yoke. (open access)

Ox-Yoke.

Patent for a new ox yoke design to reduce wear of the yoke, including illustrations.
Date: January 3, 1888
Creator: Herren, William Willison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for a car coupling that improves their construction by "providing a link which may be readily directed to the draw-head of a car to be coupled without necessitating going between cars" (lines 12-14).
Date: January 10, 1893
Creator: McDade, James
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conroe Enterprise. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1893 (open access)

Conroe Enterprise. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 20, 1893

Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1893
Creator: Mayfield, Fred F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. Bender & Sons to C. C. Cox, January 21, 1895] (open access)

[Letter from C. Bender & Sons to C. C. Cox, January 21, 1895]

Letter from the C. Bender & Sons company to C. C. Cox about an unspecified shipment. The envelope is included.
Date: January 21, 1895
Creator: C. Bender & Sons
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox, January 13, 1896] (open access)

[Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox, January 13, 1896]

Letter from George Elkins to C. C. Cox discussing Elkins' health and property sales.
Date: January 13, 1896
Creator: Elkins, George
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture to M. S. King, January 30, 1896]

Postcard from the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton to M. S. King of New Caney, Texas, informing him that the department has no seeds for distribution.
Date: January 30, 1896
Creator: Office of the Secretary of Agriculture
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Bethel School Students]

Photograph of a group of students of different ages standing as a group in front of a wooden building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says: "Antonio Frank, Jr., Dacus, Tex., Bethel School."
Date: January 4, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lease Agreement Between W. G. Richardson, Texas Seaboard Lumber Company] (open access)

[Lease Agreement Between W. G. Richardson, Texas Seaboard Lumber Company]

A copy of a lease agreement between W. G. Richardson and the Texas Seaboard Lumber Company, granting the company use of land near Splendora, Texas for oil drilling.
Date: January 29, 1901
Creator: Richardson, William G.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Registered Post Office Department Envelope, January 18, 1902] (open access)

[Registered Post Office Department Envelope, January 18, 1902]

A registered envelope from the US Post Office Department, Postage Stamp Agency, addressed to the Splendora, Texas postmaster.
Date: January 18, 1902
Creator: United States Postal Service
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1906] (open access)

[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1906]

Receipt for property taxes paid to Montgomery County by Hattie Sayles for the year 1906. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property in Montgomery County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 23, 1907
Creator: Montgomery, B. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle (open access)

Axle

Patent for an axle. Illustration included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Price, George T. & Knight, Richard
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1907] (open access)

[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1907]

Receipt for property taxes paid to Montgomery County by H. Sayles for the year 1907. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property in Montgomery County, Texas, and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 25, 1908
Creator: Montgomery, B. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1908] (open access)

[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1908]

Receipt for property taxes paid to Montgomery County by Henry Sales for the year 1908. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sales' property in Montgomery County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 25, 1909
Creator: Montgomery, B. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History