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[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833]
Valle granting permission to conclude the sale to Zavala of the eleven leagues of land which he possesses as his own in Texas. And the documents transferring power of ownership and land rights of the eleven leagues of land to Emily de Zavala. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date:
November 14, 1905
Creator:
Valle, Fernando del
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index starts on page 351.
Date:
1901
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Couplings
Patent for equipment to improve car-coupling to allow "automatically couple the cars, which can be readily uncoupled with-out going between the cars" (line 14-16).
Date:
February 19, 1901
Creator:
Lyons, Robert N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canning Furnace
Patent for a canning furnace. Illustration included.
Date:
March 23, 1909
Creator:
May, Callie C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extermination of Boll-Weevil.
Patent for Apparatus for Extermination of Boll Weevil. A vehicle which can carry a furnace to generate noxious fumes with insecticides and cool those fumes to produce a toxic atmosphere around effected plants.
Date:
May 4, 1903
Creator:
Taylor, James Thomas
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire Alarm
Patent for an automatic fire alarm. Illustration included.
Date:
August 10, 1905
Creator:
Suttle, Willis A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator-Guide
Patent for an elevator guide to be used for safety elevators used in mines. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
Martini, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter
Patent for seed planter. Illustration included.
Date:
February 14, 1905
Creator:
Morris, Sidney Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree-Clip.
A patent for a whiffletree hook and accompanying attachments meant to replace lap-links in harnesses. Illustrations and material recommendations included.
Date:
February 25, 1902
Creator:
Curry, Jasper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Monocycle.
Patent for a monocycle/unicycle that allows the rider to balance more easily than on previous models.
Date:
March 9, 1909
Creator:
Morris, Sydney Albert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Garden-Plow.
Patent for a walking-plow with simple and compact construction. The depth for plowing is adjustable to height of individual operating.
Date:
December 23, 1902
Creator:
Nicholas, Joseph W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fence
Patent for fence improvements, "especially to a wire fence made, preferably, of plain strands of wire horizontally disposed and drawn toward one another by means of short pieces of wire which are twisted about the horizontal wires line" (lines 15 – 20) illustrations included.
Date:
September 18, 1900
Creator:
Bateman, Eugene E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Separator, Distributer, and Feeder
Patent for a pneumatic suction that draws cotton in to be separated, suctioned down a trough to be distributed and fed into a gin.
Date:
June 19, 1900
Creator:
Bateman, Eugene E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History