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Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion (open access)

Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion

Patent for converting reciprocating into rotary motion by using “two vertically moving racks with a cog wheel on a small shaft between them which gears into the teeth of the racks” (lines 16-19), includes illustration.
Date: November 1, 1859
Creator: Harper, C. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Power of Attorney from Jacob Skaggs to Isaac Parker] (open access)

[Power of Attorney from Jacob Skaggs to Isaac Parker]

Power of attorney document presented to Isaac Parker from Jacob Skaggs giving him authority to sell "one hundred and sixty acres of land...in Tarrant County" to James Hensley.
Date: September 29, 1858
Creator: Logan, W. H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, September 19 1857] (open access)

[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, September 19 1857]

Receipt for Hartsford Howard in the amount of six hundred and forty dollars for warrants and land. The document is signed by Augustine Siblock.
Date: September 19, 1857
Creator: Siblock, Augustine
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tarrant County

Cadastral map of Tarrant County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Some boundaries and grid lines are marked in color. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: November 1856
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Dr. Thomas Moore from Jacob De Cordova, Oct. 26, 1856] (open access)

[Letter to Dr. Thomas Moore from Jacob De Cordova, Oct. 26, 1856]

Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Thomas Moore and his son Hamilton, dated Oct. 26, 1856.
Date: October 26, 1856
Creator: De Cordova, Jacob Raphael
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant to Gabriel B. Knight, 1854] (open access)

[Land grant to Gabriel B. Knight, 1854]

Grant for 320 acres of land in Tarrant County to Gabriel B. Knight, "in Denton District. Tarrant County on Bear Creek in the Lower Cross Timbers . . . "
Date: June 2, 1854
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tarrant and Dallas Counties

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Tarrant, Dallas, and Ellis County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 27, 1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt to Hartford Howard, October 15 1852] (open access)

[Receipt to Hartford Howard, October 15 1852]

Receipt for Hartsford Howard in the amount of seven hundred and forty six dollars and fifty cents. This amount was paid in full for a thirty-five year old slave. The document is dated October 15, 1852.
Date: October 15, 1852
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Eyeglasses

Spectacles of silver metal with oval shaped rims; lenses missing. Case of black leather with open end. Stamped: Chas G. Lord / Manufacturing / Optician / 718 Main St. / Fort Worth, Tex.
Date: 1850/1899
Creator: Lord, Charles G.
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Eyeglasses

Spectacles of copper(?) wire frames and oval shaped lenses. Right temple hinge broken and tied with black thread. B) Case of dark brown leather. Stamped: Chas. G. Lord Manufacturing Optician 718 Main St. Fort Worth, Tex.
Date: 1850/1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library