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[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout, July 16, 1870]
Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his mother. He wrote to her to inform her about his family's affairs. He told her about his work and his affiliation with the radical Republican Party. In the letter, he stated that he believed they were the South's hope for prosperity.
Date:
July 16, 1870
Creator:
Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alice Pilley to Junia Roberts Osterhout, August 18, 1876]
Letter from Alice Pilley to Junia Roberts Osterhout. Alice detailed the last moments of her son's life after he came down with a fever. She wrote about what he went through and mentioned she tried to give him Melane pills to help. Alice thanked Junia for her kind words and wanted them to visit soon. Included is an envelope addressed to "Mrs. J. P. Osterhout."
Date:
August 18, 1876
Creator:
Pilley, Alice
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, July 17, 1879]
Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He wrote his wife from his travels and informed her that he had finished court, but would be unable to return home until he raised the means to get back.
Date:
July 17, 1879
Creator:
Osterhout, John Patterson
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent relating to "certain improvements in presses for baling cotton or hay" (lines 15-16) including instructions and an illustration.
Date:
June 24, 1879
Creator:
Stopple, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Methods of Adjusting Signaling-Mirrors.
Patent for an improvement in the "method of throwing reflected light of a mirror with accuracy upon a distant object in flash-signaling" (lines 5-7), including illustrations.
Date:
April 22, 1873
Creator:
Kenney, Martin M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Handsaws
Patent for an improved handsaw with changes made to the teeth, frame, and bolts.
Date:
May 15, 1877
Creator:
Shave, Levi & Reams, Sherwood Young
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers.
Patent for new improvement in the construction of horse-powers for cotton-gins and other machinery, including illustration.
Date:
February 17, 1874
Creator:
Landes, Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.
Patent for an insecticide that kills ants via fumigation. Ingredients include sulfur, charcoal, potassium cyanide, arsenic, and coal tar.
Date:
September 22, 1874
Creator:
Tottenham, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Portable Derricks.
Patent for improvement in portable derricks by using an “adjustable crane mounted on a truck-platform, having an overhead frame for the support of the upper end of the crane-post, and braces for staying the frame, so that the crane can be turned around to overhang the sides.” (Lines 6-11) Illustration is included.
Date:
May 16, 1876
Creator:
Reams, Shirwood Y.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Stock.
Patent for a new and improved plow-stock. This design is of "an improved plow-stock, which shall be so constructed that various kinds of standards, according to the various kind and size of the plows to be used, may be attached to it, which may be adjusted to take and leave land, as may be desired, and which shall be simple in construction and easily adapted" (para. 4).
Date:
January 16, 1877
Creator:
Weber, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Steam-plows.
Patent for improvement in the apparatus for turning up soil with a steam plow.
Date:
August 15, 1871
Creator:
Miller, Herman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin County
Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Austin and Waller Counties, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
May 1873
Creator:
Lucas, A. L. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Austin County
Map of Austin County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. A portion of the county is located around locale of San Felipe Town Tract, as shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
December 12, 1879
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History