Handwritten document containing a receipt for the purchase of land from W. N. Sneed by W. H. Henderson, as well as a bond for title of the land.

Letter from W. M. Peck to Annie Peck, dated June 23, 1886, in which he writes about her trip to Waco and about his looking forward to her return home.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated May 1886 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her trip home from Corsicana, her desire for him to get better, and her own health.

Letter from Minnie Bradley to L. D. Bradley, dated May 7, 1886 and sent from Fairfield, in which she writes about her health and whether she will be able to visit him in Corsicana.

Legal document between R. Medaris and W. H. Henderson acknowledging the receipt of money and having to do with a transfer of land in Freestone County, Texas.

Patent for a new and improved harvesting-sack supporter. This design "relates to improvements in supporting devices for harvesting-sacks, being especially adapted for use in corn-pulling, and by cotton-pickers, and its objects are to provide means whereby the sack may be so attached to the picker that its weight will be distributed proportionately over the body of the wearer, and will not strain and tire the back of the person bearing the same" (lines 16-24).

Patent for a new and improved cotton-sweep. This design "has for its object to provide a sweep which can be used either as a solid sweep or with one wing solid and the other cut away; to so construct the cut-away wing that it can be run very close to the plants without injuring them or throwing too much dirt or earth thereon to cover them, and to provide a sweep which shall be cheap, strong, durable, and effective" (lines 27-35).

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the coupling-box or draw-head and spring-pin, of the block, spring, and plate, united together as described, the plate being of suitable size to enter the bore of the draw-head" (lines 4-8).