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Improvement in Grinding-Mills. (open access)

Improvement in Grinding-Mills.

Patent for an improvement in grinding mills which purports to save time.
Date: November 15, 1870
Creator: Westmoreland, Joseph M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Brick-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Brick-Machines.

Patent for an improvement brick machines that includes "an endless chain of molds at the bottom of the press box [...] in combination with a pressing plate and a cut-off plate" (lines 18-22).
Date: November 2, 1875
Creator: Fisher, Charles N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 9 November 1875 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 9 November 1875

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 9, 1875
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 16 November 1875 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 16 November 1875

Letter from Sallie Ashe, daughter of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 16, 1875
Creator: Ashe, Sallie Jones
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 14 November 1877 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 14 November 1877

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 14, 1877
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 November 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 November 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 1, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 2 November 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 2 November 1878

Letter to Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 2, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 6 November 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 6 November 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 6, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 24 November 1878 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 24 November 1878

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 24, 1878
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 23 November 1880 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 23 November 1880

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 23, 1880
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 November [1880] (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 November [1880]

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 25, 1880
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1890] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1890]

Photostat copy of a receipt for taxes paid on a property in San Jacinto and Montgomery Counties by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine for the year 1890.
Date: November 7, 1890
Creator: Darden, S. H. & Walsh, D. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Baling Cotton. (open access)

Method of Baling Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved method of baling cotton. This design "is to gin, condense, and bale the cotton in one continuous operation and to so effectually reduce the size of the resulting bale of cotton in this first, original, initial process as to make it of suitable dimensions and density for market or transportation by rail or sea to final destination" (lines 13-19). It consists "in compressing the same in the form of a continuous sheet, lapping said sheet before it has time to expand in the form of a bale, and subsequently applying pressure to expel the air from between the layers" (lines 29-33).
Date: November 18, 1890
Creator: Rembert, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1891] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1891]

Photostat copy of a receipt for taxes paid on a property in San Jacinto and Montgomery Counties by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine for the year 1891.
Date: November 23, 1891
Creator: Darden, S. H. & Walsh, D. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1893] (open access)

[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1893]

Receipt for property taxes paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company to Montgomery County for property owned by S. J. McAlpine for the year 1893.
Date: November 2, 1893
Creator: Office of Collector of Taxes
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from S. H. Wood Produce Co. to C. C. Cox, November 7, 1894] (open access)

[Letter from S. H. Wood Produce Co. to C. C. Cox, November 7, 1894]

Letter from the S. H. Wood Produce Co. to C. C. Cox about a recent transaction.
Date: November 7, 1894
Creator: S. H. Wood Produce Company
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. E. Wells to C. C. Cox, November 8th, 1894] (open access)

[Letter from J. E. Wells to C. C. Cox, November 8th, 1894]

Letter from J. E. Wells to C. C. Cox asking a series of questions about a windlass that Cox borrowed. The envelope is included.
Date: November 8, 1894
Creator: Wells, J. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. Gimbel to C. C. Cox, November 15, 1894] (open access)

[Letter from I. Gimbel to C. C. Cox, November 15, 1894]

Letter from I. Gimbel to C. C. Cox discussing a shipment of goods.
Date: November 15, 1894
Creator: Gimbel, I.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1894 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, November 16, 1894

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 16, 1894
Creator: Cravens, N. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope from R. W. Finley to C. C. Cox, November 18, 1894] (open access)

[Envelope from R. W. Finley to C. C. Cox, November 18, 1894]

A torn and waterdamaged envelope from R. W. Finley addressed to C. C. Cox, postmarked November 18, 1894. Both sides are covered by handwritten arithmetic from Cox.
Date: November 18, 1894
Creator: Finley, R. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. [], Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1895 (open access)

The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. [], Ed. 1 Friday, November 15, 1895

Weekly newspaper from Conroe, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 15, 1895
Creator: Jones, H. P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Montgomery County

Map of Montgomery County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. The center of Montgomery County is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 19, 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. [], Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1896 (open access)

The Willis Index. (Willis, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. [], Ed. 1 Friday, November 6, 1896

Weekly newspaper from Willis, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 6, 1896
Creator: Cravens, N. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for Groceries, November 23, 1896] (open access)

[Invoice for Groceries, November 23, 1896]

Invoice for items sold to C. C. Cox by grocer T. A. Presswood, including bacon, sugar, coffee, and baking powder. The envelope is included.
Date: November 23, 1896
Creator: Presswood, T. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History