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[House Rental Receipt]
Receipt for the rental of a house for $2.50 per month.
Date:
September 16, 1871
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt: 1874 Poll Tax for Cocke County, Tennessee]
Receipt issued to John Click for state, county, school, poll, and dog taxes in district 9 of Cocke County, Tennessee, totaling $7.25 for 1874.
Date:
1874
Creator:
Cocke County (Tenn.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[White Oak Wagon Timber Financial Ledger]
Accounting book containing lists of financial transactions and mathematical calculations.
Date:
1877/1882
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt: 1877 Poll Tax for Cocke County, Tennessee]
Receipt issued to John Click for state, county, school, poll, and dog taxes in district 9 of Cocke County, Tennessee, totaling $4.20 for 1877.
Date:
September 30, 1878
Creator:
Cocke County (Tenn.)
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Accounts and Personal Notebook: J.J. Click]
Small ledger book containing personal notes and financial records, including lists of expenses, calculations, grocery lists, sketches, and other information.
Date:
1888~/1891~
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for $31.20]
Receipt with handwritten text: "Received of J.J. Click, Thirty One 20/ Dollars. In full of a/c. Morgan & Son."
Date:
April 21, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Obituary of Dunlap Children, 1892]
Transcribed copy of an obituary describing the death of several of the Dunlap family's children in February 1892, along with a statement at the end addressed to "Gillie" about the text.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
References to Actual Clients in the State of Texas
Advertisement for patent lawyers (C. A. Snow & Co.) listing Texas clients for whom they have "obtained patents, filed caveats, registered trade-marks, secured copyrights, or done other [patent[ work" organized alphabetically by city.
Date:
1894~
Creator:
C. A. Snow & Co.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Document Regarding Sale of Patent Rights]
Legal document related to a quilting machine invented by J. J. Click outlining the sale of partial (1/2) rights to J. H. Major.
Date:
1895
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Blank, #1]
Printed legal document with blanks for detailed information and signatures, regarding the sale of rights to a patent for a quilting frame invented by John J. Click.
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The "Eclipse" Quilter. Assignment of Territory for State, County, Town or Shop Rights [Blank, #2]
Printed legal document with blanks for detailed information and signatures, regarding the sale of rights to a patent for a quilting frame invented by John J. Click.
Date:
1895~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rules of Practice of the United States Patent Office
Booklet outlining the rules related to the grant of U.S. patents for inventions, including explanations of the relevant regulations and forms. This edition includes the text published in 1892, with preceding text for updates and revisions through October 1895. There are a number of handwritten notes and markings in this copy. Index starts on page 95.
Date:
October 15, 1895
Creator:
United States. Patent Office.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Financial Ledger for J.J. and H. F. Click: 1896-1919]
Accounting ledger documenting debts between J. H. Major and J. J. Click in 1896 and records for H. F. Click for "work in shop at 408 Akard St. Dallas, Texas in 1919." Most of the pages are blank.
Date:
1896/1919
Creator:
Click, John Jones & Click, H. F.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Form Designating Sales Agents for the Great Diamond Quilter]
Form document outlining the terms of an arrangement for Washington B. Click to authorize someone to become a sales agent for the "Great Diamond Quilter," an invention patented (596,616) by W. B. & Isaac A. Click. The document includes blank lines to fill in information about the seller and locations where the agent can make sales. Above the text, there is an illustration of a man seated at a large quilting machine, being watched by a woman on either side and a man in the background.
Date:
1896/1899~
Creator:
Click, Washington B.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figure 1]
Framed patent illustration of a spring-based motor attached to the body of a bicycle with numbers labeling individual components of the invention.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 2-4, 7-10]
Illustrations of individual parts to patent a reversible spring-motor, with numbered labels to reference each piece. The first sheet contains details for three pieces (8-10) and a partially-constructed component (figure 2); the second sheet includes close-up illustrations of three of the moving parts (figures 3, 4, and 7).
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Reversible Spring-Motor: Figures 5 and 6]
Two figure illustrations of partial constructions for a reversible spring-motor patents, with numbered labels to reference each component piece.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Click, John J.
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to C. A. Snow Attorneys - March 1896]
Letter written to patent attorneys C. A. Snow & Co. inquiring about a patent application for an invention using winding springs to store energy. It asks for the opinion of the attorneys regarding a possible title for the invention and other details about the process.
Date:
March 1896
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #1]
Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reversible Spring-Motor. [Copy #2]
Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.
Date:
April 20, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Click to the U.S. Patent Office - October 11, 1897]
Letter from John Click requesting a recording from the U.S. Patent Office, and providing the required fee.
Date:
October 11, 1897
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy Book of Letters by J. J. Click]
Book containing handwritten copies of letters written by J.J. Click as well as various items that were collected in the book including newspaper clippings, photos, and notes on scrap paper. Most of the pages in the book are blank.
Date:
1898~
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Promotional 1899 Calendar]
Promotional calendar for the year 1899 advertising the services of patent lawyers Rhesa G. DuBois and Vernon E. Hodges in Washington D.C. Each month is printed on a separate sheet, designed to be torn off one at a time. A letter from the lawyers is written on the back of the card.
Date:
1898~
Creator:
Rhesa G. DuBois & Co.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Click to J. H. Major - June 20, 1898]
Letter from J. J. Click to John Major titled "Friendly Criticism" discussing a joint business and claiming that Major has been negligent. It includes long itemized lists of accounts documenting money spent by each of them.
Date:
June 20, 1898
Creator:
Click, John Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History