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Bed - Slat. (open access)

Bed - Slat.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in bed-slates to provide a strong brace.
Date: January 4, 1898
Creator: Pickett, Mollie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn-Power. (open access)

Churn-Power.

Patent for improvements in churn-power by using a combination of “a vertical support [piece], an operating-lever pivoted thereto, a dasher-shaft, a horizontal bar connected to the said lever, and a cord secured at its ends to the said bar and wrapped between its ends around the dasher-shaft. All these parts combined to enable the churn to operate as described.” (Lines 55-61) Illustration is included.
Date: November 24, 1891
Creator: Reese, Roswell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Sayles to Tax Collector in Roby, Fisher County, January 11, 1892] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Sayles to Tax Collector in Roby, Fisher County, January 11, 1892]

Letter from Henry Sayles to a tax collector in Roby, Texas inquiring about purchasing land that may partially be located in Fisher county, expressing the desire to purchase the land and pay any taxes necessary on the Fisher county section. On the back of the letter is a stationary header from Buie and Hanna's Land Agency, upon which several section and certification numbers for different pieces of land have been written in pencil along with a calculated price.
Date: January 11, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Roby Sheet

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1893
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam H. Lyon, Surveyor, Fisher County (open access)

Sam H. Lyon, Surveyor, Fisher County

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs and business name with text reading: "Parties wishing homes in the West would do well to consult me. 15 years experience in Fisher and adjoining counties."
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sam H. Lyon, Surveyor, Fisher County (open access)

Sam H. Lyon, Surveyor, Fisher County

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative images and business name, with text reading: "Parties wishing homes in the West would do well to consult me. 15 years experience in Fisher and adjoining counties."
Date: 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History