title: Metallic Post for Wire Fences. creator: Cox, Thomas Jefferson contributor: Haight, J. J. contributor: Truitt, I. H. contributor: Norris Peters Co. publisher: United States. Patent Office. date: 1885-03-31 language: English description: Patent for a new and improved post for wire fences. This design "is to produce a metallic fence-post which can be quickly and easily placed in position, and which, when in position, shall have a biting or clamping action on the wires, and thus hold them from slipping" (lines 13-18). subject: Inventions subject: Science and Technology subject: fence posts subject: fences coverage: United States - Texas - Cooke County - Gainesville rights: Public Domain type: Patent format: [2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. format: Text identifier: pat-no: 314654 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth170933/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth170933