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[Letter from Henry Sayles to W. T. Campbell, May 8, 1901] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Sayles to W. T. Campbell, May 8, 1901]

Letter from Henry Sayles to W. T. Campbell discussing a disagreement with E. R. Spolts over a minor discrepancy in a deed to land belonging to Mary E. Sayles. The disagreement regarded the tax collector that signed the deed not having stated what county he worked for.
Date: May 8, 1901
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of John Sayles's Will, Number 231] (open access)

[Copy of John Sayles's Will, Number 231]

Notarized copy of the will of John Sayles determining it to be the official last will that bestows his estate unto his wife, Mary E. Sayles.
Date: April 22, 1901
Creator: Sayles, John
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Estate Transfer from Benjamin H. Bassett to Mrs. M. E. Sayles] (open access)

[Estate Transfer from Benjamin H. Bassett to Mrs. M. E. Sayles]

Document in which Benjamin H. Basset is transferring the estate rights of his deceased father, B. H. Bassett unto Mrs. M. E. Sayles, based on a a previously made land deed between the deceased Bassett and the deceased John Sayles. A handwritten notarization and certification of filing are both attached to the document.
Date: June 12, 1901
Creator: Bassett, Benjamin H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box (open access)

Mail-Box

Patent for "a mail-box adapted to be placed at or on the house of the person receiving the mail, so as to facilitate a house-to-house delivery" (lines 8-11).
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Myer, Clayton Pittinger
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Gage. (open access)

Saw-Gage.

Patent for improvements on saws by providing “cleaner-teeth and arranged to permit accurate filing of the cleaner-teeth without leaving an undesirable bur and without danger of filing the teeth too short for proper working in a cut.” (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Steele, Daniel Carlos
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History