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Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 November 1874 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 November 1874

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 25, 1874
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Sprinkling Cotton-Plants. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Sprinkling Cotton-Plants.

Patent for a wheeled, horse-drawn machine, "whereby plants are firs dampened with water and then overspread with poisonous powder, the latter being caused by the former to adhere to the plant" (para. 9).
Date: January 6, 1874
Creator: Robinson, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for "an improved cotton-press, which is mainly devised for use on smaller cotton-plantations for baling smaller crops in a very convenient and rapid manner, with considerable economy in power and hands." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 24, 1874
Creator: Koehl, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History