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[Probate petition of Clem Bassett]
Probate petition of Clem Bassett, January term 1881.
Date:
January 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Message of Gov. O. M. Roberts on appropriations and expenditures under the control of the governor to the seventeenth legislature of the state of of Texas, convened at the city of Austin, in regular session, January 11, 1881.
Message to the 17th Legislature, Jan, 1881.-Appropirations and expenditures under the control of the Governor.-The sale and exchange of lands.-On quarantine
Date:
January 11, 1881
Creator:
Roberts, Oran M.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plano de los Dos Laredos
Plat of the 'two Laredos' (Laredo, Texas and New Laredo, Mexico) from January 1881. The map appears to be a cadastral map with numbered (and lettered) lots in both cities, likely showing ownership. Some streets are labeled as well as Fort McIntosh (noted as a "U.S. Military Reservation") in Laredo and the Campo de Marte in Nuevo Laredo.
Date:
January 1881
Creator:
Laroche, E. R.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oldham County
Map of Oldham County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallam County
Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Dallam County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hartley County
Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hartley County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 6, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 6, 1881
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 2, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 13, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 13, 1881
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 20, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 20, 1881
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 4, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 27, 1881
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 27, 1881
Creator:
Rankin, John G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[St. David's Episcopal Church]
Photograph of St. David's Episcopal Church taken from the front of the building looking northeast at the intersection of San Jacinto and East 7th.
Date:
January 1, 1881
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved design for freight car coupling. This design calls for a sliding block, with the assistance of metal pins, to lock the link between two freight cars firmly in place. This eliminates the possibility of accidental disconnect.
Date:
January 11, 1881
Creator:
Upson, Bolivar J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bench Clamp.
Patent for a new and improved bench clamp. This design, "[b]eing made of iron or other suitable material . . . is strong, durable, and inexpensive. It requires no bolts or screws to secure it to the work-bench or other object where its use may be required, and can be put in position and removed easily and quickly. It occupies but little room on account of its compactness, and can be applied to any piece of work without marring it" (lines 72-80).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Murphy, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tie Buckle.
Patent for a new and improved bale tie buckle. This design is for "bale-tie buckles so constructed that the bale can be easily and quickly tied, that will hold the tie securely, and at the same time can be made lighter and neater than ordinary buckles, while having the necessary strength" (lines 11-16).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Starr, Henry Daniel
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Axle Lubricator.
Patent for a new and improved axle lubricator. This design utilizes threads to allow for removal and reattachment, as well as easy cleaning.
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Rochelle, John Rugeley
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Cooler.
Patent for a new and improved liquid cooler. This design "provide[s] an apparatus by means of which a variety of liquids may be simultaneously cooled as required for use as beverages, and by which the glasses or drinking vessels may be at the same time cooled and protected from dust and insects" (lines 14-20).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Capps, Matterson F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved water elevator. This design "relates to improvements in water-elevators in which water is made to perform the operations heretofore performed by steam; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts . . . whereby the rarefaction of heated air is employed to raise or set in motion a continuous stream of water" (lines 14-21).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Smith, William A. & Smith, Robert T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Three Wheeled Vehicle.
Patent for a new and improved three-wheeled vehicle. This design "has an advantage over a four-wheeled vehicle in dispensing with one wheel and one or more springs. It is more readily turned than a four-wheeled vehicle, and can more easily avoid collision with other vehicles when in motion. It also offers better facilities for entering and leaving the carriage, and a vehicle for this design and of equal strength with a four-wheeled vehicle will weigh twenty to fifty pounds less" (lines 73-82).
Date:
January 4, 1881
Creator:
Humbert, Prosper
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Motor.
Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "provide[s] an apparatus by means of which a series of weights or balls may be successively and continuously elevated to any given height, to be subsequently employed to operate any suitable machinery by gravitation" (lines 15-20).
Date:
January 11, 1881
Creator:
Conner, Laurance H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "furnish[es] seed-planters for planting in hills or drills corn, sorghum, beans, rice, cotton, and other seeds, so constructed that the seed may be planted in any desired quantity, and at any desired distance apart, and with the rows at any desired distance apart" (lines 20-26).
Date:
January 4, 1881
Creator:
Holekamp, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Evaporator.
Patent for a new and improved evaporator. This design "consists in certain improvements in the construction of . . . sugar boilers or evaporators" (lines 19-21). This design utilizes "[t]he combination, with an evaporating-pan mounted upon wheels or rollers, of a furnace provided with inclined holes adjoining its sides to accommodate the wheels of the evaporator" to make said improvements (lines 57-61).
Date:
January 25, 1881
Creator:
Harman, Franklin S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oscillating Cradle.
Patent for a new and improved oscillating cradle. This design utilizes a hand-crank and gears to gently rock the wooden cradle back and forth. Also connected to the crank is a wooden rod at the bottom which gently strikes a xylophone underneath.
Date:
January 11, 1881
Creator:
Brown, Fred Harvey
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "consists in the means by which the plow or cultivator standards may be adjusted to regulate the depth of the cultivators or plows" (lines 6-9).
Date:
January 4, 1881
Creator:
Niederauer, Charles
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Power.
Patent for a new and improved motorized butter churn. This design is of "a simple and efficient device for converting a rotary into a reciprocating motion, which may be either vertical or horizontal, and is especially adapted to the various kinds of churns, washing-machines, and the like now in the market" (lines 13-18).
Date:
January 4, 1881
Creator:
Clark, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History