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[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Description: Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Ellis County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Ellis County, Texas. The north line of Mercer's Colony, which is also the south line of Peter's Colony, is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 20, 1871
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Ellis County

Description: Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Ellis County, Texas. The north line of Mercer's Colony, which is also the south line of Peter's Colony, is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1, 1873
Creator: Lucas, A. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Ellis County

Description: Cadastral map of Ellis County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. There are notes added in red ink. Features are marked on the map, including the north line of Mercer's Colony (also the south line of Peter's Colony). Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 20, 1871
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Improvement In Sulky-Plows.

Description: This pantent was created for the construction and preperation of a sulky plow cultivator. The invention was created for new and mechanical improvements.
Date: April 9, 1878
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in the plow with a heated mold-board to prevent sticking, including illustrations.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.

Description: Patent for a cotton-hoe with interchangeable blades (one smaller and the other larger), for "chopping cotton" (line 15) and garden use, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
Date: March 5, 1878
Creator: Moore, Joseph M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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