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[Law License for Thomas Middlebrook Willis] (open access)

[Law License for Thomas Middlebrook Willis]

Law license from the Law School of Cumberland University acknowledging that Thomas Middlebrook Willis (1859-1937) has fulfilled the requirements for the degree. T. M. Willis practiced law in Abilene, TX for many years.
Date: January 18, 1883
Creator: Law School of Cumberland University
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Birds eye view of Abilene Taylor County, Texas.

Map shows late nineteenth century Abilene, Texas street names, buildings, Texas and Pacific Railroad, and businesses. Includes short index to local points of interest. Scale not given.
Date: 1883
Creator: Koch, Augustus, b. 1840
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abilene City Ordinances: 1883-1902] (open access)

[Abilene City Ordinances: 1883-1902]

Ledger containing ordinances/resolutions passed by the city of Abilene, Texas from 1883 to 1902.
Date: 1883/1902
Creator: Abilene (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipt of W. Von Rosenberg for Mrs. E. Glasscock] (open access)

[Tax Receipt of W. Von Rosenberg for Mrs. E. Glasscock]

Tax receipt received of W. Von Rosenberg for Mrs. E. Glasscock, in payment of State and County taxes for year 1883 on personal property and real estate.
Date: November 19, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Loan Notes and Envelope] (open access)

[Loan Notes and Envelope]

Two loan notes, the first recognizing a loan made to John Bell and Alex Martin by Spoonts & Legett, and the second a loan made to Dixon English by Legett & Hardwicke. Also included is an envelope with printed and handwritten text.
Date: [1883,1893]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tax Receipt for W. Von Rosenberg] (open access)

[Tax Receipt for W. Von Rosenberg]

Tax receipt acknowledging W. Von Rosenberg's payment of his State and County taxes for year 1882 on personal property and real estate.
Date: June 21, 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Taylor County

Cadastral map of Taylor County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Some notes are made in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: December 1883
Creator: Pinckney, Theo. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "consists in the combination of the main bar, which is provided with a head having a suitable recess to catch over nuts, with a sliding head, which has two surfaces to act in connection with opposite ends of the head, but out of line with each other, and a spring-actuated catch, which catches in suitable ratchets made in the main bar, so as to hold the sliding head in position" (lines
Date: May 22, 1883
Creator: Hamrick, Jerome Miller.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheep-Dip. (open access)

Sheep-Dip.

Patent for "a new composition of matter for the treatment of 'scab' on sheep or for other animals subject to like diseases" (lines 9-11) which lists the ingredients and measurements and instructions.
Date: June 19, 1883
Creator: Carpenter, Peter M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History