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[Transcript of letter from José Guadalupe de los Santos to Antonio María Martínez, May 30, 1821] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from José Guadalupe de los Santos to Antonio María Martínez, May 30, 1821]

Copy of transcript for a letter from José Guadalupe de los Santos to Antonio María Martínez
Date: May 30, 1821
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Thomas Buentello to Antonio María Martínez, September 19, 1821] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Thomas Buentello to Antonio María Martínez, September 19, 1821]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas Buentello to Antonio María Martínez.
Date: September 19, 1821
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a Letter, December 1, 1821] (open access)

[Transcript of a Letter, December 1, 1821]

Copy of transcript of a letter written in Spanish, on December 1, 1821, discussing the possession of a governor in Spanish Texas, and laying out the terms for a peaceful resolution.
Date: December 1, 1821
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Refugio [County]

Cadastral map of Refugio County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes and features are marked in color. On this map, "Corpus Christi Pass" is listed as "Corpus Christi Bayou." Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1851
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Husker. (open access)

Corn-Husker.

Patent for a new and improved machine for husking corn using a rotating wheel with spurs and cutters with combination of a stationary and movable concaves, including illustration.
Date: March 9, 1858
Creator: Fagan, Joseph & Fagan, James L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat (open access)

Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat

Patent for the design of a facility to slaughter, pack, preserve, and cure meat.
Date: June 29, 1869
Creator: Fulton, G. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Refugio County

Cadastral map of Refugio County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1872
Creator: Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing-Machines.

Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
Date: November 18, 1873
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Refugio County

Cadastral map of Refugio County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes and features are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1875
Creator: Hensoldt, E. A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.

Patent for an improvement in ironing-machine which can iron clothes quicker and better with very little physical labor. Illustration is included.
Date: September 12, 1876
Creator: Nott, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles (open access)

Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles

Patent for an improved sewing-machine shuttle, which shuffles the bobbins back and forth among one another. This makes sewing faster for easier for any person who sews.
Date: June 30, 1877
Creator: Nott, Henry J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Refugio County, Texas

Map shows land tracts, original land grants, landowners, town tract for Refugio; Copano Bay; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale [1:133,334].
Date: 1879
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Obtaining a Vacuum. (open access)

Apparatus for Obtaining a Vacuum.

Patent for a new and improved vacuum. This design utilizes a liquid pump, plates, tubes and valves to make "about as perfect a vacuum . . . as can be obtained by an ordinary pump" (lines 53-55).
Date: July 27, 1880
Creator: Ward, Lyman Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Refugio County

Cadastral map of Refugio County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes and features are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Refugio County

Cadastral map of Refugio County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes and features are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1885
Creator: Schmidt, V.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[D. M. O'Connor Financial Ledger: 1887-1891] (open access)

[D. M. O'Connor Financial Ledger: 1887-1891]

Ledger of Dennis Martin O'Connor, detailing his accounts, including balances due to individuals and a record of his debts paid.
Date: 1887-12-17/1891-12-15
Creator: O'Connor, Dennis M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
O'Connor Brothers, Stock-Raisers (open access)

O'Connor Brothers, Stock-Raisers

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustrated images and decorative text with business name and text reading: "Steer Cattle a Specialty" in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston. Letterhead contains names D. M. O'Connor; T. M. O'Connor.
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Register. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 8, 1896 (open access)

The Refugio Register. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 8, 1896

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 8, 1896
Creator: McMaster, H. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Refugio County, Texas

Cadastral map of Refugio County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Some notes and features are marked in color. The town of Bayside is penciled in on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1896
Creator: Appell, P. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Register. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1896 (open access)

The Refugio Register. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1896

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 3, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1898 (open access)

The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. [1], Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1898

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 2, 1898
Creator: Autry, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1898 (open access)

The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. [1], No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1898

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 2, 1898
Creator: Autry, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. [2], Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1898 (open access)

The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. [2], Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1898

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 9, 1898
Creator: Autry, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1898 (open access)

The Refugio Review. (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1898

Weekly newspaper from Refugio, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 16, 1898
Creator: Autry, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History