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The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1868

Weekly newspaper from Hempstead, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Date: August 21, 1868

Creator: Elliott, B. F. & Osterhout, J. P.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis, April 21, 1879]

Letter from John C. Brewer to Emma Davis discussing a conversation between the two, and mutual acquaintances.

Date: April 21, 1879

Creator: Brewer, John C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Private Collection of Melvin E. Brewer

Improvement in Sewing-Machine Thread-Guards.

Patent for "a guard attachment to the Wheeler & Wilson sewing-machine for preventing the thread from being thrown off the tension by the work, and for preventing the thread from running off the spool onto the spindle." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 21, 1875

Creator: Roosevelt, Lillian

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling Press.

Patent for improvements to press for making bales of hay.

Date: April 21, 1885

Creator: Chidester, John E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. M. N. Dannenbaum, November 21, 1944]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to M. N. Dannenbaum discussing his inexperience in state funding but suggesting that Dallas and Houston each raise more money to have a sufficient amount for the new building. He also discusses Rabbi Friedman's upcoming trip to Birmingham to meet with the Director of the University of Alabama Hillel.

Date: November 21, 1944

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967