Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Eastland County, Texas. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum Lands are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Erath County, Texas. Peter's Colony line is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Patent for improvement in automatic bale-rolling attachments for compressors.

Patent for an improved stilt involving a stilt-rod and a tube that can be slid. Includes illustrations.

Patent for "construction and arrangement of a churn-dasher..." ( lines 13-14) including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Windmills" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.

Patent for an improvement in riding attachment for plows.

Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Wash-Boilers" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.

Patent for improvements to sad-iron heaters, including illustrations.

Patent for an "improved repeating fire-arm... contrived with a sliding breech-block, which is drawn back by crank on the right-hand side of the gun" (lines 6-9) including instructions and illustrations.

Reissue patent for an ironing machine that "consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the horizontally-moving iron and horizontally-reciprocating table..." (para. 2).

Patent for "a new and Improved Plow" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.

Patent for improving the coloring process of enameled photographs by using collodio-gelatine instead of warm gelatine.

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

This is a notice of taxes owed.

The author is happy to hear from his sister and says that his family is doing well also. Although they have all been suffering from colds. The weather was really hot during the day and then frosting at night. There is a turnip patch that has produced and an irish potato patch that they had to fight the bugs off of them. They also have apples and are making cider with it. Wilson sold some sheep and now are running the cattle to Louisville. Wilson and Mr. Albright are heading to Texas and might call on her and Dinkie. The author also gives information on the flowers and on the horses. Mrs. Summers would like to go visit Texas also. He talks of the chickens, and then asks his sister to write more often.

The author mentions that everyone is doing well. The author is going to take her children to town to see a show and she has a meeting the next Sunday. Bettie and her mother went to town and got two dresses. Old Pros is working with Old Kit's colt for seventeen days. Mollie Loves' baby had a cold and Alice Donnell wants to see the author's sister. The author is going to make a dress and suit for a wedding between Dock D. and Miss Fallen. Bettie is pregnant with Abe's child. Willie has a brief letter to his aunt about jackets and going to the show next week. Mr. Wilson has land in Ellis County. There is also a letter to Mr. Moore from W. H. McGee. Henry's eyes are bad so McGee is writing for him. There has been a bid on his land and he is considering moving to Texas if he could get some cheap land in Mr. Moore's neighborhood. Henry hopes to write himself next time.

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.