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Abilene Library Consortium
23
Grayson County Frontier Village
22
UNT Libraries
17
Fort Worth Public Library
10
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9
Bastrop Public Library
2
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
2
Comanche Public Library
2
The Library of Graham
2
Private Collection of Melvin E. Brewer
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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
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Brenham Weekly Banner
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Freie Presse für Texas
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10
Rescuing Texas History, 2017
10
Texas Patents
9
Tocker Foundation Grant
8
Austin American-Statesman Newspaper Collection
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Taylor County
Cadastral map of Taylor County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Bodies of water are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 18, 1879
Creator:
Wise, Louis C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, April 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 18, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 29, Ed. 1, Friday, July 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
July 18, 1879
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, May 18 & 19, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis. The first part of the letter is dated May 18, 1879, and the second part is dated May 19, 1879. The first part discusses John being ill, a barbecue John and Emma attended, and mutual acquaintances. The second part discusses John feeling better, and a "singing" he went to.
Date:
May 18, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, June 18, 1879]
Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing the ending of his relationship with Miss Genie, finding time off to visit Emma, Emma feeling ill, and John's wishes for Emma to make a hair wreath for him.
Date:
June 18, 1879
Creator:
Brewer, John C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Ventilation.
Patent for an apparatus to improve car ventilation, including illustrations.
Date:
February 18, 1879
Creator:
Knipscheer, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fire-Lighters.
Patent for a device which allows the lighting of "fires, lights, blasts, &c., by a person located some distance from the object to be ignited." (lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Craig, Samuel M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Saw-Sets
Patent for an improvement in a device which sets the teeth of a saw, with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Holton, Samuel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
Patent for an "improvement in devices for destroying ants and burrowing animals of all kinds." (lines 13-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Melcher, John C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Picking Machines.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-picking machines including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Trenks, Frederick F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for an improvement in cotton-presses adapted for pressing cotton into bales including instructions and illustration.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Langill, Charles H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improvements applicable to a gang of plows. Ability to adjust depth, security of plow arms, and can plow three rows at once.
Date:
March 18, 1879
Creator:
Gifford, George Lewis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Riding-Saddles.
Patent for an "invention to furnish an improved saddle-tree which shall be light, strong, and durable, being less liable to split or break than saddle-trees constructed in the usual way" (para. 4).
Date:
March 18, 1879
Creator:
Herring, William Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pruning Implements.
Patent for "an improved implement for trimming hedges and for cutting and laying down hedges" (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 18, 1879
Creator:
Booker, David
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of W. A. Morris, March 18, 1879]
Receipt for a Registered Letter, addressed to Tho. J. Neavitt.
Date:
March 18, 1879
Creator:
Morris, W. A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 18, 1879
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 18, 1879
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1879
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 18, 1879
Creator:
Cain, Thomas C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Fort Griffin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
October 18, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fort Griffin Echo (Fort Griffin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Fort Griffin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
January 18, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 18, 1879]
Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. John wrote his wife while she was away visiting family. He updated her about how their family was doing, a trade he made, and an event that their children attended. Included is an envelope addressed to "Mrs. J. Osterhout."
Date:
August 18, 1879
Creator:
Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
September 18, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 73, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 18, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 18, 1879
Creator:
Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Marcos Free Press. (San Marcos, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 18, 1879
Weekly newspaper from San Marcos, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 18, 1879
Creator:
Julian, Isaac H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History