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The Montgomery Press. (Montgomery, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1874 (open access)

The Montgomery Press. (Montgomery, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1874

Weekly newspaper from Montgomery, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 23, 1874
Creator: Collins, George W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Feed Mechanisms for Running Saw-Mills. (open access)

Improvement in Feed Mechanisms for Running Saw-Mills.

Patent for improvement to feed mechanisms in running saw-mills, including illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1879
Creator: Fisher, Charles N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Tool-Holders for Grinding (open access)

Improvement in Tool-Holders for Grinding

New and valuable Improvement in Tool-Holders, which are designed for holding tools in contact with the periphery of a grindstone.
Date: May 2, 1876
Creator: Fisher, Charles N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Sawing-Machines.

Patent for a new and valuable sawing-machine is combined and, "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the vibrating beam, vertically-sliding block, and flanged support," (pg. 3) e.g...including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1873
Creator: Westmoreland, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Applying Poison to Plants. (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Applying Poison to Plants.

Patent for "new and useful improvement in apparatus for applying poison and cotton to potato plants" (lines 3-5), as well as to "destroy worms and bugs"(lines 13-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 11, 1877
Creator: Goodin, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Brick-Machines.

Patent for an improvement brick machines that includes "an endless chain of molds at the bottom of the press box [...] in combination with a pressing plate and a cut-off plate" (lines 18-22).
Date: November 2, 1875
Creator: Fisher, Charles N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Grinding-Mills. (open access)

Improvement in Grinding-Mills.

Patent for an improvement in grinding mills which purports to save time.
Date: November 15, 1870
Creator: Westmoreland, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brooms. (open access)

Improvement in Brooms.

Patent for improvement in the manufacture of corn brooms.
Date: August 15, 1871
Creator: Anderson, Edward Americus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Montgomery County

Cadastral map of Montgomery County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. The center of the county is marked on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1871
Creator: Pressler, Charles W. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Montgomery County

Map of Montgomery County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. The center of Montgomery County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1871
Creator: Pressler, Charles W. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed of land, 1879 (open access)

Deed of land, 1879

Deed transferring land from David A. Wiggins and Anne J. Wiggins to Mary Jones.
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 16 November 1875 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 16 November 1875

Letter from Sallie Ashe, daughter of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 16, 1875
Creator: Ashe, Sallie Jones
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 27 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 27 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: 1879~
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 14 December 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 14 December 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: December 14, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 19 July 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 19 July 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: July 19, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 11 March 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 11 March 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 February 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 February 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: February 25, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 17 Februrary 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 17 Februrary 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: February 17, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 14 February 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 14 February 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: February 14, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 4 February 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 4 February 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: February 4, 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
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, 15 December 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 December 1878

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

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 9 December 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: December 9, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History