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[Letter from Charles B. Moore to Patty Brown, March 1891]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Moore to Patty Brown. In the letter, Charles discusses the Annie Laura story and gives Brown a brief, yet detailed family history. Highlighting major life events, he notes how he was born in Gallatin, moved to Texas, and moved away from Texas during the war. He also details his work with mills,how he changed career paths, and when he was married. This letter is dated March 1891.
Date: March 1891
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Draft of letter, April 19, 1891]

Description: This is a draft from the personal papers of the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Moore on April 19, 1891. In this letter, Moore writes about an article written in the Dallas Weekly News on April 16 by D. B. Kiefer. The article details a "norther" that struck Texas in April of 1857. He states in this document that he writes to corroborate stories with the journalist, provide his experience through the "norther," and make a correction on the date given in Kiefer's article. The third… more
Date: April 19, 1891
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Dallas Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1891
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.75 -96.75
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wooden Bridge

Description: Patent for a wooden bridge with a focus on increased durability of the structure and effective drainage for moisture from the timbers and for the free circulation of air between, around, or through the structure.
Date: October 6, 1891
Creator: Ferguson, Benjamin F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for an improvement in plows by using a series of spring-tines that are secured above the mold-board, when in operation these independently-moving tines “serve to jar and break the clods, thus not only pulverizing the clods to a certain degree but also insuring the freeing of the tines of all dirt” (lines 90-93), including illustration.
Date: March 3, 1891
Creator: Ball, Alfred Fine
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Neathery & Bumpass

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative images with business name and text reading: "Dealers in Hardware, Stoves and Tinware, Glass, Queens, China, Wood and Willow Ware. Guns. Agents Dupont Powder Co."
Date: 1891
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Attachment for Plows.

Description: Patent for an attachment for plows, which "may be utilized as a cutter or the plow converted into a double-shovel plow," (lines 18-19) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 22, 1891
Creator: Williams, George M. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain-Scale.

Description: Patent for “improvements in grain-scales, especially adapted for location at the rear end of a trashing-machine and for receiving therefrom the thrashed grain, weighing and subsequently bagging the same in predetermined quantities” (lines 7-12), includes illustration.
Date: March 17, 1891
Creator: Butts, Alexander W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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