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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, December 12, 1813]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Eyre. She discusses writing poetry, weaving, raising pigs, and eating a lot of spare ribs. She hopes that the conflict that emerged from her writing is settled with Caleb Upshur and George Wilson. She also provides instructions on how to dye yarn and cotton green. She says that she just returned from visiting her cousin Eleanor Jackson Dennis.
Date: December 12, 1813
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Adjustable Device for Dressing Down Bearings

Description: Patent for a tool that dresses down bearings. Railroad engine journals and their corresponding bearings show wear over time. When replacing bearings into such a journal, without adaptation of the bearing there will be an improper fit, resulting in "hot journals" or "hot boxes". This tool adapts a bearing to a proper fit for the journal into which it will be installed.
Date: December 12, 1922
Creator: Mitchell, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Note Card with Letter from Anna Thomas Painter to I. H. Kempner, December 12, 1949]

Description: Note card with handwritten letter from Anna Thomas Painter to I. H. Kempner thanking him and the Galveston Chamber of Commerce for a wonderful evening on the previous Friday. Mrs. Painter felt honored to sit on the platform wearing a beautiful corsage. She expresses her gratitude again, noting it was an evening to remember.
Date: December 12, 1949
Creator: Painter, Anna Thomas
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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