Letter from Charles Richards to Carrie Richards.

Patent for "improvements to powered vehicles with combined rim-wheel(s) in combination with a truck(s), resting upon the inner and lower part of the rim, and supporting a carriage-body or frame, crank-shaft. with one or more pinions, and guide-rollers." (line 8)

Patent for improvements to a single-wheel velocipede.

Patent for an improvement in horse-powers (tread-powers) by changing the construction and arrangement of the driving wheels.

Map of McLennan County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Letter from G. W. Patten of Pattens Mills to the receiver discussing that this was the third letter he had written and he was anxious to hear back.

Patent for improvements in hot air, harmonic steam, and water gauges: "In this invention several tubes pass through the boiler, some under and some above the water, through which currents of air are induced by the heat of the water or steam surrounding them" (lines 8-9).

Patent for a more efficient grain-meter. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for improvements in ship viameters.

Patent for improvements to a coffee pot. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.

Patent for improvements in extracting essences from objects inserted into a new contraption. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.

Tintype portrait of Luana J. Pratt wearing a dark dress with a white collar.

Tintype portrait of Charles Clark Tolman. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Will Luana please accept this from her friend Charles."

Letter from Leo. R. to Lizzie Johnson discussing their friendship and Leo's visit to a phrenologist.

Letter to J. L. Halbert, dated January 21, 1865, from an unnamed widow. The letter is a reply to Halbert, after he wrote to her about her deceased husband. In the letter she describes her feelings towards her husband and about his death in the war (Civil War). Included with the original letter is a typed transcript.

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing his time traveling with his oxen wagon. He and his companion, Jo, have had difficulties keeping the oxen in line and have been searching for the ones that have run off. On the route he has taken, he noticed a lot of cotton making its way to Mexico. He was asking around for the price of a bushel of wheat and because of the missing oxen, he was unable to purchase as much as he had planned. He closed his letter by telling her he would be unable to return home until December.

Volume 1 of the Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.

Weekly newspaper from Waco City, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of Hume F. Worsham (1861-1898) driving Waco Fire Engine Co., No. 1, a horse-drawn carriage. A large hose is attached to the back. Four men ride on the back of the carriage.

Weekly newspaper from Waco, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of Ellen White Chapman (1843-1920), wife of Daniel L. Chapman. She wears a button up dress, and her bangs have been curled against her forehead.