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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM U. BEAZLEY, OF GENEVA, TEXAS.
SADDLE MAIL-BAG.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 239,426, dated March 29, 1881.
Anlication filed Octoier 25, 1850. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BEAZLEY,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Geneva, in the county of Polk and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Saddle Mail-Bags; and Ido
hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,
and exact description of the invention, such as
will enable others skilled in the art to which
to it appertains to make and use the same, refer-
ence being had to the accompanying drawings,
and to letters or figures of reference marked
thereon, which form a part of this specifica-
tion.
Ij This invention relates to improvements in
the class of mail-bags or saddle-bags for carry-
ing mail or other matter where it is necessary
to swim streams to prevent damage to the
contents of the bag from moisture, perspire-
20 tion, or water and the invention consists in
the features of construction and combination
hereinafter fully described, and particularly
pointed out in the claim.
Figure l is a view, in perspective, of my im-,
25 proved saddle-bags for carrying mail-matter;
and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detail views of the
same.
A designates a metallic casing of the shape
shown, or of any other convenient shape, open
30o at the bottom; and provided with the hasp B,staple C, and mail-lock D. Within this cas-
ing A, I fit a metal pouch, E, in which' the
mail is to be placed, and the pouch inserted
into the easing and locked therein, and de-
livered to the mail-carrier. 35
Provided with this mail-bag the carrier can
cause his horse to swim the streams in his
route with perfect immunity to the mails, as
the air in the box or easing will prevent the
water from rising higher than one-fourth of an 40
inch in the outer pouch or casing, though it
be entirely submerged.
The device is cheap, simple, and of great
value in carrying the mails on the frontiers.
Having thus fully described my invention, 45
what I claim as new, and desire to secure by
Letters Patent of the United States, is-
As an improvement in saddle-bags for car-
rying the mails, the metal easing A, open at
the bottom, and provided with any suitable 50
locking device, in combination with the metal
pouch of similar configuration, open at the top
and adapted to fit snugly within the casing A,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 55
presence of two witnesses.
WILLIAM H. BEAZLEY.
Witnesses:
J. M. OROSSON,
HIRAM BAnrIELn.
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Beazley, William H. Saddle Mail Bag., patent, March 29, 1881; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170137/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.