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Jefferson County

Description: Map of Jefferson County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 22, 1896
Creator: Clark, J. F.
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Partner: Texas General Land Office

Log-Loading Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a machine that hauls and loads logs upon cars from either side of the track, or both sides at once. The machine can easily be transported on a car. The machine "consists, essentially, in a platform of about the length of an ordinary log-car and of a height and width to enable it to span the same, mounted upon which are a steam engine and a boiler and a rotating crane, said platform being provided with pivoted legs for holding it above the track, with pivoted legs for holding it above… more
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: Fletcher, William Andrew
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Log-Loader.

Description: Patent for improvements in a machine that hauls logs and loads them on railways, based on a patent application submitted by the inventor previously (serial no. 563,242). A swinging crane loads and unloads the logs.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Fletcher, William A.
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Log-Carrier.

Description: Patent for a log-carrier with an improved construction from a previous patent (No. 539,380). Improvements include a change in "the angle of strain of the draft-chain as the lever approaches the horizontal position...when the load is elevated" (lines 34-37). It also maintains "a uniform leverage without the use of guide-rollers or other means" (lines 54-56), and balances the sliding tongue so that "the team is relieved of the weight thereof" (line 62).
Date: December 8, 1896
Creator: Carroll, Joseph Alexander
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The State of Texas, Jefferson County

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name with designs, and depicts the county courthouse in lithographic print by M. F. Dunn & Bro. N. C.. Letterhead includes the names Ed. P. Gray, County Judge; Lee Blanchette, Co. & Dist. Clerk; Thos. H. Langham, Sheriff & Tax Collector; G. W. Kidd, County Treasurer; S. W. Pipkin, Tax Assessor; L. F. Daniell, County Surveyor; D. P. Wheat, County Attorney; W. L. Rigsby, J. P. Pre… more
Date: 1896
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Jordan House

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of business and business name, with text reading: "Rates $1.00 Per Day, Meals 25 cts." Letterhead contains G. M. Goale, Proprietor.
Date: 1896
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Partner: Texas General Land Office
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