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Railroad-Rail Joint.

Patent for a specialized railroad joint that has a "novel combination of a T-shaped splice rail" (lines 12-13) in combination with other parts, "connected with downwardly-curved truss-bolts passing through the vertical member of the splice-rail in such matter as to hold all of the parts firmly together..." (lines 19-23).

Date: March 16, 1897

Creator: Trammell, Jefferson D.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

State of Texas, Liberty County

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name and decorative designs with illustration of courthouse in lithographic print by Dorsey Ptg. Co. Dallas, Tex. Letterhead includes names H. O. Ager, Co. Clerk; W. L. Bingle, Dist. Clerk; W. A. Neyland, Co. Judge; M. A. DeBlanc, Sheriff & Tax Collector; H. Steusoff, Assessor; L. C. Chambers, Treasurer; J. D. Lum, Co. Attorney; J. N. Dark, Co. Surveyor; Commissioners Sim DeBlan… more

Date: 1897

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Texas General Land Office

Car-Seat.

Patent for improvements to the "Scarritt-Forney" seat so that the seat body and frame are detachable from each other. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 22, 1897

Creator: Meier, Hermann