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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 16, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1019.
Date:
1886
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 16, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1169.
Date:
1886
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 15.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1137.
Date:
1886
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 809.
Date:
1886
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 12, In Three Parts. Part 2, Supplement.
Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of army correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Armies discussing their operations. The first series contains formal reports which, according to the preface in Volume 1, will be arranged "according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts" (p. iii). Index starts on page 1135.
Date:
1886
Creator:
United States. War Department.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Federal Reporter. Volume 25: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. October-February, 1886.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date:
1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 28: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. August-December, 1886.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date:
1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 27: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. May-August, 1886.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date:
1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Reporter. Volume 26: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States. February-April, 1886.
The Federal Reporter contains the text of decisions and commentary regarding cases tried in circuit and district courts throughout the United States. The opinions printed in the volumes include both written statements and oral comments transcribed for publication. Index of cases starts on page vii.
Date:
1886
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legislative Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Churn.
Patent to an improvement to churns "in which its action may be either single or double acting by means of a simple and efficacious arrangement of parts" (lines 18-21).
Date:
January 19, 1886
Creator:
Persohn, John William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clevis.
Patent for a new and improved clevis. This design "is to provide a clevis with a series of attaching-loops whereby the line of draft may be changed as circumstances may require, to bring the line of draft to either side of the plow-beam, or above or below the same, and to provide a clevis with a centrally-located attaching-loop, to be used where a direct or central draft is needed" (lines 11-18).
Date:
January 26, 1886
Creator:
Dunn, Henry Frankling
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy Top Support.
Patent for a new and improved support for buggy-tops. This design "relates to supports for the tops of buggies or other vehicles, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, effective, and durable device for attachment to the folding braces of the vehicle-tops to prevent the accidental folding of the top when the vehicles are on the road" (lines 7-13).
Date:
January 26, 1886
Creator:
Finney, James T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Construction of Privy-Vaults and Apparatus for Use Therewith.
Patent for "a new and useful Improvements in the Construction of Privy-Vaults and Apparatus for Use Therewith"(lines 4-6)" to insure cleanliness in around privy-vaults and to prevent accumulations therein, especially in localities where water is not easily available"(lines 9-12), instructions and illustrations included.
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wind Engine.
Patent for a new and improved wind engine. This design "relates to an improvement in wind-engines, in which a vertical circular frame having a wind-wheel is covered to the half by a hemispherical roof supported by posts" (lines 8-12).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Serdinko, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel for Forcing Molasses, &c.
Patent for a new and improved funnel. This design "relates to improvements in funnels for transferring molasses and other thick liquid and substances from one receptacle into bottles, jars, and other vessels; and the objects of [the] improvements are to provide a funnel with means for securing it to a table, counter, &c.; to provide said funnel with means for forcing a liquid therethrough and the forcing apparatus with a detachable spout thereunder" (lines 10-19).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Henke, Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cane Mill.
Patent for a new and improved sugarcane mill. This design "consist[s] of the frame composed of [a] bed-piece, vertical standards, and horizontal pieces, [one] piece having [a] trough, the vertical shaft, horizontally movable . . . and provided with the gear, the roller having stationary shaft provided with pinion, the [other] roller having stationary shaft provided with pinion, boxes, and screw-threaded rods" (lines 81-89).
Date:
February 9, 1886
Creator:
Webb, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Band Stretcher.
Patent for a new and improved band stretcher. This design "relates to improvements in band-stretchers in which a windlass, crank, and ratchets operate in conjunction with a sliding clamp; and the object of [the] improvement is to provide a device with which the ends of a band may be drawn together and held for the purpose of lacing" (lines 15-21).
Date:
February 23, 1886
Creator:
Lawrence, Joseph A.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for a new baling press design with description of parts and their functions, with illustrations.
Date:
March 2, 1886
Creator:
Bryan, Walter S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Seat Recorder.
Patent for a new and improved car-seat recorder. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the following elements: a car-axle, the depressible car-seat, and the recording apparatus arranged alongside the seat and consisting of friction feed-wheels, a paper strip, meshing spur-gears, and a puncturing device arranged vertically, a lever which operatively connects said seat and apparatus, and gearing which connects the latter with the axle, whereby movement of the car operates said apparatus and enables the record to be made by slitting the strip when the seat is depressed" (lines 22-33).
Date:
March 2, 1886
Creator:
Bywaters, Joseph K. & Burke, John Y.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock for Money-Drawers, &c.
Patent for improvement to a combination lock for money drawers to make it more secure.
Date:
March 16, 1886
Creator:
Sturgis, Herbert M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Use in Dry Out-Houses
Patent for the construction of an improved odorless apparatus for dry out-houses, including explications and illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1886
Creator:
Carrico, Thomas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press.
Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame or support, the lever-arms, the winch and the ropes connecting the said arms thereto, the follower, the toggle-jointed levers connecting the said follower with the frame, and the rods connecting the joints of the said levers to the lever-arms, with the follower and the fulcrumed levers, having their inner ends connected to the follower and their outer ends connected to [a different] follower whereby the said followers move simultaneously when the winch is turned" (lines 83-94).
Date:
March 30, 1886
Creator:
Robburts, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator.
Patent for a new and improved axle-lubricator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tube having the threaded outer end, of the cap threaded to close said end, and the shank or stem carrying the conical plug at its lower or inner end, and screw-threaded to work through a threaded perforation of the cap, a shoulder being provided on the stem or shank at the base of the threads, operating to cause the unscrewing of the cap by the continued turning of the shank or stem" (lines 80-89).
Date:
April 13, 1886
Creator:
Hawkins, Andrew Jackson & Allen, Sam Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Pump.
Patent for a new and improved balanced pump. This design "relates to improvements in balanced pumps having two vertical receiving-cylinders provided with vertically-reciprocating plungers, and two vertical delivery-cylinders provided with plunging-barrels, all being provided with suitable valves operating automatically in conjunction therewith; and the objects of [the] invention are, first, to provide a pump by means of which water or other fluids may be conducted or raised with but little propelling power, and . . . to afford facilities for readily attaching it to be driven by any steam-engine" (lines 15-27).
Date:
April 20, 1886
Creator:
Ramsey, Haley S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History