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Horse Detacher (open access)

Horse Detacher

Patent for a new and improved horse detacher which allows the driver to unhitch a horse without exiting the carriage or wagon, including specifications and illustrations.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Carter, William Otis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Propeller (open access)

Air-Propeller

Patent for a propeller for aircrafts. Illustrations included.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Buchanan, Jesey H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator. (open access)

Insulator.

Patent for Insulator. This invention is related to new type of insulators whereas which provides support to hanging telephone wires and also securely insulates them.
Date: April 14, 1903
Creator: Claydon, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1929 (open access)

The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1929

Weekly newspaper from Madisonville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 4, 1929
Creator: Knight, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1929 (open access)

The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1929

Weekly newspaper from Madisonville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 11, 1929
Creator: Knight, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1929 (open access)

The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 18, 1929

Weekly newspaper from Madisonville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 18, 1929
Creator: Knight, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1929 (open access)

The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1929

Weekly newspaper from Madisonville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 1929
Creator: Knight, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1928 (open access)

The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1928

Weekly newspaper from Madisonville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 5, 1928
Creator: Knight, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1928 (open access)

The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1928

Weekly newspaper from Madisonville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 19, 1928
Creator: Knight, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1928 (open access)

The Madisonville Meteor - And Commonwealth - (Madisonville, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1928

Weekly newspaper from Madisonville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 26, 1928
Creator: Knight, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
COMPOSITION FOR WHITEWASH. (open access)

COMPOSITION FOR WHITEWASH.

Patent for formula used in whitewashing homes, walls, fences. etc. with ingredients and instructions included.
Date: April 20, 1880
Creator: Kerr, Archibald Henderson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whitewash (open access)

Whitewash

Patent for "improvement in whitewash-paint consists in the use of certain ingredients whereby the same is rendered more permanent or durable and beautiful in color than any other article of the kind hitherto produced" (lines 10-14).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Brizzolari, Davis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Col. Nicholas Copeland letter to Martin Bridgman, April 25, 1835] (open access)

[Col. Nicholas Copeland letter to Martin Bridgman, April 25, 1835]

1835 letter of Col. Nicholas Copeland to his son-in-law Martin Bridgman of Arkansas, enticing him to move to Texas. The letter discusses the price of land and cattle, as well as the profitability of crops such as cotton and corn. Copeland adds a note for Harry Currin, a free African-American, stating that Texas is a safe place to settle. His land grant (settlement & fortification) described in the letter was 25 miles west of the Trinity River just before crossing the Navasota River. This letter was written at Robbins' Ferry on the Old San Antonio Road at the crossing of the Trinity River (letters went east from there to be carried & put in the US mail system).
Date: April 25, 1835
Creator: Copeland, Nicholas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History