Patent for improved process and apparatus for baling cotton. Improvement relates to a mechanical device by means of which raw cotton is thoroughly compressed into bales suitable for handling.

Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.

Map shows all or portions of south central states of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and "Indian Territory" through central Texas. Areas of Native American habitation, military posts, roads, railroads, water sources, cities and towns are noted. Includes names and dates on expenditionary routes. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:3,700,000].

Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).

Letter from T.W. Thomas to Lizzie Johnson in which Thomas discusses Lizzie's health, and events in Big Bend, Louisiana.

Letter From T. W. Thomas to Lizzie Johnson in which Thomas describes his travels with people from "bell" and Dallas to Big Bend, Louisiana, via steamship and train.

Letter from T.W. Thomas to Lizzie Johnson in which Thomas chides Lizzie for her last letter, in response to the six he sent previously. He also discusses a fever in Big Bend.

Letter from T.W. Thomas to Lizzie Johnson in which Thomas despairs over the lack of replies from Lizzie to Thomas' letters.

Map of Texas and the Indian Territory of what is now Oklahoma, showing towns, roads, railroads, county lines, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Small portions of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and New Mexico are also shown. There is an inset map of West Texas and a portion of Mexico in the lower-left corner, showing El Paso, Pecos, and Presidio Counties.