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Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States

Description: A book containing Theodor Sedgwickā€™s opinions about the annexation of Texas to the United States. The book contains discussions of issues that arise if Texas is annexed to the United States Union. A couple of the issues addressed are slavery and diplomatic relations between Texas and Mexico.
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Sedgwick, Theodore
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Travis County Deed Records: Direct Index to Deeds 1842-1893 S-Z (transcript)

Description: Typed transcript of Travis County direct deed index which references deeds recorded from 1842-1893; shows kind of instrument, date of reception, names of grantor and grantee, date of instrument, and volume and page number where recorded. Arranged by name of grantor.
Date: 1842/1893
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerkā€™s Office

Brick-Machine.

Description: Patent for a machine, which the inventor calls "The Concussion Brick-Machine", that makes bricks using molds, including illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1848
Creator: Wilson, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boring and Mortising Machine.

Description: Patent for a machine to bore square holes in substitute for a chisel and reduce labor, including illustration. The inventor calls it a "Mortise and Tenon Machine."
Date: July 11, 1848
Creator: Swingle, Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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