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Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 24 July 1874 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 24 July 1874

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: July 25, 1874
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lee County

Map of Lee County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The center of Lee County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1874
Creator: Jessen, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cass County

Cadastral map of Cass County in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1, 1874
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Coryell County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Coryell County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1874
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

July 4th parade

The Hibernian Association made up of male musicians and a group of women in the same white dress parade up Congress Avenue towards the ice cream garden of Messrs. Rosenfield and Co. Other citizens watch from the sides while traffic of horses and buggies wait in the background.
Date: July 4, 1874
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Washing-Machines.

Patent for a new improvement to washing machines.
Date: July 21, 1874
Creator: Mitchell, Daniel Chasteen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Vehicle-Springs. (open access)

Improvement in Vehicle-Springs.

Patent for "an improvement in springs for carriages" (lines 4-5), including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Richardson, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Flat-Iron Heaters. (open access)

Improvement in Flat-Iron Heaters.

Patent for a device which rapidly heats a flat or smoothing iron utilizing a lamp with multiple burners which can be adjusted to raise the temperature of the flat iron to the desired degree.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Wilmot, Byron
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medical Compounds. (open access)

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a medical compound of alcohol (or "good brandy"), asafetida, camphor, laudanum, yellow jessamine, sassafras, and water.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Dixon, Shadrach
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Medicinal Extracts. (open access)

Improvement in Medicinal Extracts.

Patent for the extract of Dasylirion graminifolium. This describes the method of acquiring the extract as well as illnesses the extra is purported to treat.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Bihl, Charles A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys (open access)

Improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys

Patent for improvement in Combined Ventilators and Chimneys. This object is to be used with the brick chimney on top of the roof to provide air circulation. It consists of an iron-lined inner flue secured within an outer casing with suitable bottom and top perforation for establishing air current around the flue.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Hickley, Walter R & Dibrell, Charles J
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for the improvement in cotton-bale ties, with description and illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1874
Creator: Cooper, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for a new and improved turn-plow which "consists in several features of improvement, by which the preparation and tillage of soil may be done at less the usual expense, and more than the usual convenience to the farmer." (lines 13-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: White, Moses F. & Blankenship, Augustus J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for a new and improved type of cotton bale tie utilizing an automatic leverr-clasp buckle fastener.
Date: July 11, 1874
Creator: Lenard, William Rinulda
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Cistern Tops and Filters. (open access)

Improvement in Combined Cistern Tops and Filters.

Patent for improvements to cistern covers, combining a cast iron, charcoal filled filter and specially shaped cast perforated iron lid with handles for removing the cover and for changing the charcoal.
Date: July 9, 1874
Creator: Stacey, Ephraim Douglass
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "a new and Improved Cotton-Press" (lines 4-5) with illustration.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Salmon, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood. (open access)

Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood.

Patent for preserving wood from the ravages of marine insects (lines 7-8).
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Archer, Roger W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement In Gun-Locks. (open access)

Improvement In Gun-Locks.

Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 14, 1874
Creator: Grisham, James Madison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for a new and improved hay and cotton press, including illustrations.
Date: July 3, 1874
Creator: Kirtley, Fielding L
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipt for Elizabeth Webb, July 28, 1874] (open access)

[Tax Receipt for Elizabeth Webb, July 28, 1874]

Tax reciept for Elizabeth Webb for the amount of $59. By the Sheriff of Montague county Levi Perryman and Deputy Wm. C. Turner. This is a resident example.
Date: July 28, 1874
Creator: Perryman, Levi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Henderson Times.  (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 25, 1874 (open access)

The Henderson Times. (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 25, 1874

Weekly newspaper from Henderson, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 25, 1874
Creator: Spivvy, W. W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1874 (open access)

The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 1, 1874

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 1, 1874
Creator: Carraway & Green
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1874 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 16, 1874

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 16, 1874
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1874 (open access)

Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1874

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 23, 1874
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History