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[Bondage Indemnity, May 17, 1879]

Description: Bondage Indemnity No. 180 in the case of George R. Isbell vs John Thomas & V. Werner for the execution of a judgement rendered in a county court in Tarrant County, Texas in 1879. The case was decided in the favor of G. R. Isbell for the amount of $202.25.
Date: May 17, 1879
Creator: Hinderson, J. M.

Brazil: Provincial Railroads

Description: Map showing provincial railroads in Brazil as of 1876, indicating (with red ink) those already built, in the process of being built, and projected to be built. Includes 2 tables listing location, length, distance from Rio de Janeiro and other statistics of the railroads.
Date: 1876
Creator: Imperial Instituto Artístico (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

[Convict Labor Record, Cooke County, 1878-1891]

Description: Ledger from Cooke County, Texas containing a record of convicts that were hired out to do work. Recorded information includes names, dates of convictions, physical descriptions, fees and fines owed, and information about hire. Includes some inserts containing legal documentation of debts to the court. The record is listed alphabetically by convict name.
Date: 1878/1891
Creator: Cooke County (Tex.)

Denton County.

Description: Map of Denton County showing the parcels of land within the county labeled with the owners and sizes or lot numbers. Additionally, some bodies of water and railroad tracks appear to be marked.
Date: October 1871
Creator: Pressler, Chas. W.

Denton County, Texas

Description: Map of Denton County showing the parcels of land within the county labeled with the owners. A note at the top of the map says, "Lands of the Texas & Pacific Railway Co. are colored yellow." Additionally, some bodies of water, roads, railroad tracks, and towns appear to be marked. A small box in the upper-right corner is labeled "Diagram of a Section" and states "1900 Varas square = 640 acres." Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 Varas to 1 inch, 1 Vara = 33 1/3 inches).
Date: 1870/1889~
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway. Land Department.

[Directions to correctly adjust equipment on a horse]

Description: Document of the directions given from the Tex Tan Western Leather Company on how to properly adjust the equipment on a horse. The infographic includes a picture of a horse and the equipment labeled on each part of the horses' body. Specific instructions and the use of each part of the equipment are also written in order to inform the reader of the uses and the effects of the equipment on the horse.
Date: [1877..1939]
Creator: Tex Tan Western Leather Company
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