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[Letter from May Booth to Linnet Moore, March 24, 1898]

Letter from Mrs. E. T. Booth (May Booth) to Linnet Moore regarding her husband's change of employment as a bookkeeper in Nashville to the head bookkeeper for the Pullman Piano Company. Mrs. Booth says that Richmond was founded by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She says that she likes their new home and invites Linnet to visit.

Date: March 24, 1898

Creator: Booth, Mrs. E. T.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Publisher's Circular with Written Notes]

Circular produced by Garretson, Cox & Co., Publishers regarding Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia. The publishers announce that after July 1, 1893, subscribers of this publication should send their orders to them rather than Mr. Alden. An unknown person has written a note on the back discussing his appreciation of the Manifold Cyclopedia.

Date: 1893~

Creator: Garretson, Cox & Co., Publishers

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Evening News. (Jeffersonville, Ind.), Vol. 26, No. 161, Ed. 1 Monday, May 23, 1898

Daily newspaper from Jeffersonville, Indiana that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Date: May 23, 1898

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Lena Armstrong Public Library

[Ladoga Public Schools Pupil Card]

Card placing Edgar B. Sutherlin in Ladoga Public Schools in 1899. It reads: "Ladoga Public Schools. Edgar Sutherlin Pupil in 7th Year Grade, 1899-00, Belongs in 8th Year Grade, 1900-01. Nelle Morrison Teacher. J. F. Warfel, Supt."

Date: 1899/1900

Item Type: Text

Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

Post-Driver.

Patent for a machine that drives posts and "can be placed on the running gear of a vehicle in such a manner that it can be readily adjusted to operate on posts at either side of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle" (lines 14-18). It can be easily adjusted and is simply constructed.

Date: April 18, 1893

Creator: Harris, Stephen G.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Meter.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive electric meter that measures and records "the time during which an electric translating device, such as a motor or light, is connected with the source of supply, such as a dynamo-electric machine, located at a central station" (lines 11-15). Anyone can understand how it works, and it is more accurate than other meters.

Date: January 7, 1896

Creator: McGrath, William H. & Oram, John M.