Patent for an improvement in wagon sheet coverings / tent. The improvement is in the sides of the wagon sheet can be extended by loosening straps to fall the length to the ground and be staked to the earth. This gives a tent to sleep under after a day of traveling.

Patent for a "new and improved horse-power." Relates to railway horse-powers.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, more especially of that class known as 'swing-pins;' and the object of the invention is to provide a swinging weight which will press the pin normally into operative position, and which will also support the link" (lines 7-12).

Patent for a new kind of buckle along with specifications for construction and illustrations of the buckle.

Patent for a Portable Seam Engine

Patent for a new and improved merchandise tag. This design consists of a stick "provided with means for holding it fixed in its position after it has been inserted and having hinged to its outer end the tag having a strip of suitable material secured around its edges, as shown, so as to form on both sides of the tag the flanges adapted to receive the removable, reversible, and interchangeable cards (lines 1-8).

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Whiteside to Col. Anthony Butler, in which Whiteside discusses business matters of the colony and lets Butler know that Stephen F. Austin will be able to repay him with livestock.

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, in Gonzales, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, maps, and photographs.

Letter written to Mrs. Percy Jones from Mrs. M.J. Skinner, in response to her request for a history of the Bryan family. Included is the envelope.

Letter from John C. Jones to Dr. Joseph Pound requesting he send his "rank and Confederate Record and P. O. address at once."

Patent for traveling trunk "in which all the conveniences of home are embodied. The trunk is especially adapted to the use of tourists remaining abroad for a great length of time" (lines 13-17) and includes spaces for books, clothes, hats, a writing desk, special locking mechanisms, and other features.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Gonzales, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Card advertising Palmetto State Park with brief descriptive information and a summary of activities, facilities, and other features of the location.

Patent for a universal canopy to provide shade for cultivator operators. The canopy is light, simple, and durable.