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Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, [19 August 1876]
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
August 19, 1876
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 30 August 1876
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
August 30, 1876
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Double strand barbed wire, A.J. Upham Staple barb on two lines.]
Double strand barbed wire, A.J. Upham Staple barb on two lines, Patented August 29, 1876
Date:
August 29, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hardeman County
Map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hardeman County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 1876
Creator:
Brooks, J.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Burnet County
Map of Burnet County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. The Great Falls are designated on the Colorado River, as shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
August 1876
Creator:
Langermann, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-tie
Patent for improvement in the construction of hooks used to join the ends of ties "for packages or bales of cotton, hemp, rags, or other substances in which a divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale is used, and the ends whereof are joined by a hook at one end of said band, arranged to interlock with any one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band" (para. 2).
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Davis, Waters S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
Patent for sulky-plows.
Date:
August 15, 1876
Creator:
Payne, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in ventilating cars, &c.
Patent for a system which prevents ashes and cinders from railroad engines from entering the train cars and also allows for ventilation of the cars. Includes illustration.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Andrews, Wright S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sulky Attachments for Plows.
Patent for improvement in sulky attachments for plows. This invention allows farmers to "apply any kind of plow to the sulky-frame" (1).
Date:
August 21, 1876
Creator:
Langsford, Samuel P. & Stroud, Wiley N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in liquid-measuring tanks.
Patent for an airtight and fireproof measuring tank for lamp oils, usable in both daytime and nighttime. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Williams, Blasius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Lifting-Jacks.
Patent for improvement in lifting jack. This improvement is the vertical bar is notched to prevent slipping when lifting an item.
Date:
August 8, 1876
Creator:
Scott, James O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in corn-planters.
Patent for an "improvement upon the planter described in Patent No. 8,408" (paragraph 3). The movement of a horse's shoulders causes vibrations that power a cropper-slide. Includes illustration.
Date:
August 1, 1876
Creator:
Meeks, Nathan H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Dish and Clothes Washer.
Patent for a combined dish and clothes washer that has a tilting shelf for draining, attached to the sink for washing.
Date:
August 15, 1876
Creator:
Jackson, Ansberry Chapman
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in plow-stocks.
Patent for an improvement on the plow stock that allows the user to use different plow blades and standards, depending on what kind of plowing needs to be done. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1876
Creator:
Price, James Alvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c.
Patent for a new medical compound to treat constipation and related illnesses which lists the ingredients and dosages.
Date:
August 1, 1876
Creator:
Coleman, George S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in cellular-wall building-blocks.
Patent for a building block that has an offset in the middle that allows one side of the block to make the outer wall while the other side makes an inner wall while leaving space between the two walls. Includes illustrations.
Date:
August 15, 1876
Creator:
Clayton, Nicholas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Carbureters
Patent for improvements in carburetor design including illustrations of 2 views of a vertical cross section of a carburetor.
Date:
August 29, 1876
Creator:
Schmidt, Martin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Goliad Guard (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 19, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Goliad, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
August 19, 1876
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 3, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 3, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 10, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 17, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 31, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 31, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Victoria Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Victoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising. The paper is "A Democratic Journal."
Date:
August 24, 1876
Creator:
Linn, E. D.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Frontier Echo (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1876
Weekly newspaper from Jacksboro, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date:
August 4, 1876
Creator:
Robson, G. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History