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[Notes of Collection received by Thomas Moore for Jacob de Cordova, Feb. 7, 1856] (open access)

[Notes of Collection received by Thomas Moore for Jacob de Cordova, Feb. 7, 1856]

Notes for Collection received by Thomas Moore on February 7th, 1856 for J. De Cordova. Names included are A. A. Shipps; John Harvey; Dr. Moore; Robert T. Burnham; Thomas Moore; Joseph H. Eubank; Henry B. Flaugher; and I.T. Hoover.
Date: February 7, 1856
Creator: Moore, Thomas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerating-Cover for Vessels. (open access)

Refrigerating-Cover for Vessels.

Patent for a "device capable of application to any receptacle which, in conjunction with an absorbent envelope and through the medium of capillary action, will cool the entire vessel or receptacle to which it is applied, and thereby preserve its contents in warm weather," (lines 10-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Mitcheltree, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine. (open access)

Engine.

Patent for general "improvements in engines, and while one feature of our invention is adapted for use on all styles of engines, the invention in the complete form ...is especially suited for use on locomotive engines designed to exert high tractive power and to attain high speeds" (lines 12-19).
Date: February 19, 1895
Creator: Davis, Philip Z. & Barton, Alexander M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Minnie Rawlings to Mary Ann and Charles B. Moore, February 8, 1899] (open access)

[Letter from Minnie Rawlings to Mary Ann and Charles B. Moore, February 8, 1899]

This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written to Mary Ann and Charles B. Moore and is from Minny Rawlings, an friend in the same town as Linnet's school. She discusses Linnet's homesickness and a sick spell she went through during Christmas. Minny details that the combination of the two have made Linnet even more homesick and she has headaches almost every week. She tells the Moore's that she would have sent Linnet home, but the assignments Linnet turn in shows that she has intellectual promise and would be better served by staying in school. She details that Linnet has decided to stay in school, despite a bad headache which caused her to question if she should stay or go back home. In a brief letter , dated February 16, 1898, Rawlings details that Linnet has had another bad headache and a pain in her side. She advised Linnet not to give up school and blames the bitter winter weather for everyone's gray mental well-being. She states that everyone at the school wishes for the vitality and renewal of Spring days to come as quickly as possible. She notes that, ultimately, it is up to …
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Rawlings, Minny
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letters from Lula Dalton to Linnet Moore, February 20-23, 1899] (open access)

[Letters from Lula Dalton to Linnet Moore, February 20-23, 1899]

This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Lula Dalton to Linnet Moore. The letter begins on Monday night February 20, 1899 and continue until Lula's last letter which was written on Thursday night February 23, 1899. She also has written a brief letter on Friday before she has mailed the letter. In this letter, Lula details for Linnet the goings-on in Burnet, Texas. Lula expresses her sincere longing for Linnet who has left home to go on a trip to Colorado with her father, Charles B. Moore. She updates Linnet on the latest news which includes daily events, friends who are planning trips,details about her own trip to Llano, a dialogue about a green waist she is making, and a discussion about possibly accompanying Aunt Mattie to Colorado to meet Linnet. She notes that she understands why Linnet was so ill with headaches and pains because she has slept on Linnet's side of the bed when the latest "norther" passed through Burnet and the draft made it impossible to sleep comfortably. She mentioned that she had to build the first fire since Linnet's departure. The envelope is included with the letter.
Date: 1899-02-20/1899-02-23
Creator: Dalton, Lula
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Check Controlled Apparatus (open access)

Check Controlled Apparatus

Patent for a check controlled apparatus. This invention "is to provide a check controlled apparatus for a receptacle arranged to fasten the lid of the receptacle and including a key supported to be released by the key" (lines 12-16). Illustration included.
Date: February 22, 1910
Creator: Wilson, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for a wire stretcher that is safer to use than other wire stretchers.
Date: February 7, 1911
Creator: Stewart, James Andrew
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
COTTON-BLOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS (open access)

COTTON-BLOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS

Patent for a new attachment to cultivators that simultaneously "create equidistant hills of plants" (line 25) while cultivating each row, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1914
Creator: Wright, John C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Durbin] (open access)

[News Script: Durbin]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 5, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jerry Lee Lewis] (open access)

[News Script: Jerry Lee Lewis]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about country singer, Jerry Lee Lewis, spending a night in Dallas County jail after having a dispute with a promoter.
Date: February 1, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Camberland House]

Photograph of the Camberland House (located at 209 N Main) in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Croghan Museum]

Photograph of the Fort Croghan Museum (located at Buchanan Dr) in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Croghan Museum]

Photograph of the Fort Croghan Museum (located at Buchanan Dr) in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fort Croghan Museum]

Photograph of the Fort Croghan Museum (located at Buchanan Dr) in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Galloway House]

Photograph of the Galloway House in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Historic Property, Photograph 4382-02]

Photograph of a historic property in Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A.I. Haber Building]

Photograph of the A.I. Haber Building in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LCRA Track]

Photograph of the LCRA Track in Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[LCRA Track (Log Crib, Barn)]

Photograph of the LCRA Track (Log Crib, Barn) in Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stone Building.]

Photograph of the Stone Building in Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Thomas Ranch House]

Photograph of the Thomas Ranch House (located at Hoover Valley Rd) in Texas.
Date: February 1, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Russell House]

Photograph of the Russell House in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 2, 1977
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adam R. Johnson House, (North oblique)]

Photograph of the Adam R. Johnson House (located at 404 South Water) in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 3, 1977
Creator: Klein, Stan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Camberland House, (West oblique)]

Photograph of the Camberland House (located at 209 North Main) in Burnet, Texas.
Date: February 3, 1977
Creator: Klein, Stan
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History