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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle and Ann Upshur Eyre to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, July 28, 1818]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle and Ann Upshur Eyre to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. Elizabeth writes about visiting Barren Creek and drinking the water in an attempt to improve her health, and she says that it seems to be working.
Date: July 28, 1818
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
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Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, July 5, 1818]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. Elizabeth writes about her daughters cat and asks for her to buy her a fashion hair net. She also mentions the works of Lord Byron and George Washington.
Date: July 5, 1818
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
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Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Elizabeth Dennis Teackle to her sister Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker written from Barren Creek - August 6, c. 1810-1815]

Description: A letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from her sister Elizabeth Dennis Teackle from Barren Creek, Maryland. The letter includes news of their journey there from Kegotank and other family news.
Date: 1810/1815
Creator: Montgomery, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle, 1788-1823
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Partner: Somerset County Historical Society

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. Harris Kempner, Jr., December 3, 1956]

Description: Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner, Jr. enclosing his airplane tickets and discussing the possibility of him spending a day in Philadelphia and having to get his own reservations back home, discussing the departure and arrival times of planes. A post script note says to make sure to check in with the airline a day before.
Date: December 3, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
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Partner: Rosenberg Library

Process of Heating Oil-Retorts and Apparatus Therefor.

Description: Patent for "a method of securing even heating of oil retorts and the like throughout their length" and "a new apparatus, particularly intended for the heating and cracking of oils to convert the same into pyrolytic products". The invention may be used for any oil converting retort, but the patent description relates to the production of gasoline.
Date: August 16, 1921
Creator: Alexander, Clive M.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for a baling press made up of a vertically movable core that moves up as it gets wrapped up in the internet, supporting drums, a feed apron that presses the material to the core, a pivoted swinging frame with a compression roller, a bale support, a mechanism that lifts the frame when the bale is finished, and a rack-and-pinion mechanism that raises the compression roller that moves up to let the bale get bigger, and a mechanism that rotates the rack-and-pinion.
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Smith, Hamilton E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mr. Robert S. Cowperthwaite, June 18, 1957]

Description: Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Robert S. Cowperthwaite discussing their wait for Sandy's grades to be sent, requesting if he can send an exam to one of Sandy's tutors in response to being unable to attend a camp at the school, and asking after difficulties with subjects at the school.
Date: June 18, 1957
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
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Partner: Rosenberg Library

Cartridge-Loading Machine

Description: Patent for improvements to the machine originally patented on August 10, 186 by Edward A. Franklin of Brenham, patent no. 347,268.
Date: January 15, 1889
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cartridge-Loading Machine

Description: Patent for "an improvement in cartridge-loaders adapted to load cartridge shells automatically, the machine being operated by suitable power. It consists in improved power mechanism and devices which may be arranged and combined with the loading mechanism of a machine cartridge-loader" (lines 38-45).
Date: November 25, 1890
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
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