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Bosque County

Map of Bosque County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 25, 1855
Creator: Martin, Joseph
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Thomas Moore from Jacob De Cordova, April 13, 1867] (open access)

[Letter to Thomas Moore from Jacob De Cordova, April 13, 1867]

Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore, dated April 13, 1867. De Cordova issues instructions to pay taxes on several tracts of land in Burnet County. Named persons include: George W. Chambers, John D. Phillips, W.G. Cooke, H.L. Dickson, and Francisco Y. Barboa.
Date: April 13, 1867
Creator: De Cordova, Jacob Raphael
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meat-Tenderer (open access)

Meat-Tenderer

Patent for an improved meat tenderer granted to Francis W. Carter. Improvements include not tearing the meat and self-cleaning upon each rotation.
Date: April 14, 1885
Creator: Carter, Francis W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "the combination, with the axle, of the U-frame having bearings at its ends for the axle and a rearwardly-disposed sleeve, a shaft mounted in the sleeve and projecting beyond the same at each of its ends and provided with choppers at its rear end and a gear at its front end, a master-gear splined upon the axle and having a grooved hub, and a pivoted yoke terminating in the hub and a lever for operating the same to throw the gear into contact with that upon the shaft" (lines 1-12).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Stanford, Jeff Hillon
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windlass. (open access)

Windlass.

Patent for a new and improved windlass. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a frame having the cross-bars near its lower and upper ends, the windlass-shaft journaled in the side pieces of the frame and having the balance-wheels and the pinion, the operating-gears mounted in one side of the frame and one of said gears meshing with said pinion, an upright mounted upon the lower front cross-piece of the frame and having a guide-pulley at its upper end, arms extending laterally from said upright, and a guide-roller journaled in said arms" (lines 11-21).
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Bridges, Thomas H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compressor and Discharging Mechanism for Grain-Binders (open access)

Compressor and Discharging Mechanism for Grain-Binders

Patent for "improvements in compressing and discharging mechanism and a starting mechanism for grain-binders constructed on an ordinary harvester-platform, so as to adapt the well-known Appleby type of binders to be used on an ordinary harvester-platform, the sheaf to be formed direct on the platform, thus adapting the above mentioned cord-tying mechanism to be used in connection with the conveyer invented by myself and patented February 17, 1891, No. 446,473" (lines 12-23).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Butt Board for Grain Binders. (open access)

Butt Board for Grain Binders.

Patent for a new and improved butt board for grain binders. This design "relates to improvements in butt-boards for grain-binders to even the butts of the gavel of grain to be bound and to also adjust said gavel in regard to length so that short grain will be bound near the center as well as long grain . . . [i]t has reference more especially to the construction of the butt-board and operating parts, so as to even the butts of the grain and adjust the same to proper position to the binder at one single movement of the butt-board" (lines 12-27).
Date: April 26, 1892
Creator: Schubert, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Banker's Daily-Balance Index. (open access)

Banker's Daily-Balance Index.

Patent for a banker's daily-balance index meant to "promote the speed and accuracy of book-keepers in keeping the personal daily balance ledger in banking and other like business" (lines 9-12). The patent is for a piece of paper divided with ink into strips on the front and back.
Date: April 30, 1895
Creator: Thomas, Thomas Parry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Strainer for Coffee-Pots, &c. (open access)

Strainer for Coffee-Pots, &c.

Patent for a strainer for coffee and tea strainers "so constructed as to be attachable in the lower end of the spout or body of the pot, as shown; and the object of my improvement is to construct a strainer to be removable, durable, of minimum cost, and perfect in its operation" (lines 13-18).
Date: April 21, 1896
Creator: McClellan, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1900 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 6, 1900
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1900 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 13, 1900
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1900 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 20, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1900
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1900 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1900

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 27, 1900
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 5, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 12, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 12, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 19, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1901 (open access)

Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1901

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 26, 1901
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 11, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 11, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 18, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1902 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1902

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 1902
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1903 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 3, 1903
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1903 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 10, 1903
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1903 (open access)

The Meridian Tribune. (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1903

Weekly newspaper from Meridian, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 17, 1903
Creator: Dunlap, Levi A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History