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Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 26 July 1882 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 26 July 1882

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: July 26, 1882
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[T.V. Allis "Buck thorn" barbed wire.]

T.V. Allis "Buck thorn" barbed wire, wide, medium and narrow widths. Patented July 26, 1881
Date: July 26, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 358, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 26, 1887 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 358, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 26, 1887

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 11, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 26, 1885 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 11, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 26, 1885

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 288, Ed. 1, Friday, July 26, 1889 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 288, Ed. 1, Friday, July 26, 1889

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 203, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 26, 1884 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 203, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 26, 1884

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 361, Ed. 1, Monday, July 26, 1886 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 361, Ed. 1, Monday, July 26, 1886

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 228, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 26, 1885 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 228, Ed. 1, Sunday, July 26, 1885

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1885
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 39, Ed. 1, Friday, July 26, 1889 (open access)

The San Saba News. (San Saba, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 39, Ed. 1, Friday, July 26, 1889

Weekly newspaper from San Saba, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 189, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 26, 1882 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 189, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 26, 1882

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 237, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 26, 1884 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 237, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 26, 1884

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 189, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1883 (open access)

The Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 189, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1883

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 215, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 26, 1887 (open access)

Waco Daily Examiner. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 215, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 26, 1887

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: Bartow, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 200, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1883 (open access)

Fort Worth Daily Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 200, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1883

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1888 (open access)

Waco Evening News. (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 10, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1888

Daily newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 209, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 26, 1887 (open access)

Sherman Daily Register (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 209, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 26, 1887

Daily newspaper from Sherman, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 162, Ed. 1, Monday, July 26, 1886 (open access)

San Antonio Daily Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 162, Ed. 1, Monday, July 26, 1886

Daily newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 99, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1883 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 99, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 26, 1883

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 179, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 26, 1884 (open access)

The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 179, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 26, 1884

Daily newspaper (except Sunday) from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 26, 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling. (open access)

Car Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in a shaft journaled at its lower end in the ordinary draw-bar and at its upper end in a bracket . . . and in the combination therewith of a brace . . . adapted to support the lower end of said shaft, a hook placed between the brace and the draw-bar, and a spring surrounding the shaft and arranged to hold the shaft and hook normally . . . It also further consists in . . . the hook, . . . a spring-actuated uncoupling-rod extending through a bracket . . . and a retaining-latch. . . adapted to hold the said rod in a retracted position" (lines 22-37).
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: De May, Eugene A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Handle and Toilet Case. (open access)

Combined Handle and Toilet Case.

Patent for a new and improved toiletry case. This design consists in "[a] combined hollow parasol or umbrella handle and toilet-case, consisting of an ornamental hollow case having an end opening for the reception of a parasol or umbrella stick, its opposite end provided with a rigid extension-ring, a hinged cover provided with a mirror on its inner face and working against the tension of a coiled spring, and an end lip to said cover to contact with end spring secured to said case, the internal portion of said case divided to receive visiting-cards, face-powder, pads, a curved spring, and cloth-lining" (lines 20-31).
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: Myers, Ida Louise
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "consists in the combination of a slotted lever provided with points at one end to catch against the side of the post and a hook over which one end of the chain is fastened, a sliding frame, a reel or drum, pawls, a guiding-pulley, a wire or chain, to which the clamp is secured, and a chain for fastening the stretcher to the post . . . [it] is to provide a slotted handle a sliding frame . . . so that when the strain of the wire being stretched is brought to bear upon the frame it will tighten" (lines 13-26).
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: Dunbar, William E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Elevator Chain. (open access)

Water Elevator Chain.

Patent for a new and improved water-elevator chain. This design "has relation to that class of water-elevators in which the buckets are connected to an endless chain formed of wire, the several links being connected to each other by loops or eyes formed thereon; and the object thereof is to improve the construction of this class of wire chains, whereby the bearings for the links are greatly increased and strengthened and the general construction of the chain rendered more durable, also the links more conveniently coupled together or uncoupled without injury thereto" (lines 17-28).
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: Mayfield, William Dudley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Earth and Stone Fences. (open access)

Mold for Earth and Stone Fences.

Patent for a new and improved mold for earth and stone fences. This design "consist[s] of the inclined adjustable sides, having inclined standards, removable boards, and boards, tables, and locking-bolts . . . [and] the sides having lower boards or metallic pieces, upper removable boards or metallic pieces, and inclined standards of the tables, locking-bolts, handles, and stakes" (lines 21-30).
Date: July 26, 1881
Creator: Budd, Lewis R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History