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Car-Coupling.

Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be so constructed as to couple the cars automatically as they are brought together, and one which will securely hold the cars coupled, and yet allow a free movement of the same in turning curves" (lines 9-15).

Date: December 16, 1884

Creator: Jourde, Alfred John

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Repayment of Loan to the Provisional Government of Texas with Land]

Document describing the repayment of a loan to the Provisional Governement of Texas in land. Two loans were made to Texas via Branch T. Archer, William H. Wharton, and Stephen F. Austin for $250,000, and is being paid off in land scrip.

Date: April 1, 1836

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

2000 Census County Block Map: Harris County, Block 154

Parent map for Harris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.

Date: 2000

Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.

Item Type: Map

Location: 29.740570 -95.298726

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

1990 Census County Block Map (Recreated): Harris County, Block 154

Parent map for Harris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.

Date: 1990

Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.

Item Type: Map

Location: 29.740570 -95.298726

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Junior Historian, Volume 21, Number 4, January 1961

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.

Date: January 1961

Creator: Texas State Historical Association

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas State Historical Association

2000 Census County Subdivison Block Map: Houston CCD, Texas, Block 95

Parent map for Houston Census County Division, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:7,000.

Date: 2000

Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.

Item Type: Map

Location: 29.704062 -95.294078

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boiler Attachment

Patent for improvements in boiler attachments, to produce a thermostatic device of simple and improved construction which may be utilized for the purpose of actuating a valve governing the steam supply to the pump or the injector.

Date: June 28, 1913

Creator: Priester, Joel Ellis

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Alarm Device.

Patent for an alarm device "to be used in connection with a boiler and operatively connected with the steam whistle, whereby when the water falls below a certain level in the boiler the mechanism will automatically operate to blow the whistle" (lines 11-16). Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 15, 1914

Creator: Priester, Joel E.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Transcript of agreement between lenders and the Republic of Texas outlining the repayment of loans with land, April 2, 1836]

Copy of transcript for an agreement between the Republic of Texas and its lenders, outlining how loans could be repaid with land.

Date: April 2, 1836

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of agreement between lenders and the Republic of Texas outlining the repayment of loans with land, April 2, 1836]

Copy of transcript for an agreement between the Republic of Texas and its lenders, outlining how loans could be repaid with land.

Date: April 2, 1836

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of a Loan Agreement, April 2, 1836]

Copy of transcript of an outline of a loan agreement between lenders and the Republic of Texas, on April 2, 1936, describing how the loans could be repaid with land.

Date: April 2, 1836

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of First Page of Loan Agreement, April 2, 1836]

Copy of transcript of the first page of a loan agreement between lenders and the Republic of Texas, on April 2, 1836, outlining how loans can be repaid with land.

Date: April 2, 1836

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from H. Austin to J. F. Perry, January 26, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from H. Austin to J. F. Perry regarding drafts.

Date: January 26, 1837

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from William Stafford to Stephen F. Austin, September 28, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from William Stafford to Stephen F. Austin, on September 28, 1836, detailing the ruin of his plantation and asking to be allowed to take care of himself rather than fight in the war.

Date: September 28, 1836

Creator: Stafford, William

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of agreement between Barnard E. Bee and James F. Perry, December 19, 1837]

Copy of transcript for an agreement between Barnard E. Bee and James F. Perry for Bee to relinquish his contract between him and Stephen F. Austin for the purchase of land, which Bee was unable to secure the payments for.

Date: December 19, 1837

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from James Whiteside to Col. Anthony Butler, August 2, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Whiteside to Col. Anthony Butler, in which Whiteside discusses business matters of the colony and lets Butler know that Stephen F. Austin will be able to repay him with livestock.

Date: August 2, 1832

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from Samuel C. Hirams to Stephen F. Austin, April 10, 1833]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Samuel C. Hirams to Stephen F. Austin introducing Henry B. Prentiss, who wishes to settle in Texas.

Date: April 10, 1833

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from Antonio Tenorio, July 7, 1835]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Antonio Tenorio.

Date: July 7, 1835

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of proceedings concerning mail delivery in Texas, October 4, 1835]

Copy of transcript for proceedings concerning the delivery of mail to Texas and establishing procedures for a future post office.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from John Gates to Stephen F. Austin, November 1829]

Copy of transcript for a letter from John Gates to Stephen F. Austin, requesting that Austin secure lands for Robert Wilson, William P. Harris, and himself.

Date: November 17, 1829

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Property tax receipt for Nicholas Negreta from Harrisburg Independent School District]

Postcard sent to Nicholas Negreta for a property tax receipt No. 4858 from Harrisburg Independent School District, Harrisburg, Texas dated 1925 for $4.30 for lot 11, Block 2, Division MPS, Value $500. Sent to Nicholas Negreta at his address, 1014 Woodbury.

Date: unknown

Creator: Harrisburg Independent School District

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

American Legion Post 472 Color Guard & Drill Team Roster

Roster for the color guard and drill team for the American Legion Post #472.

Date: unknown

Creator: American Legion. Post 472 (Harrisburg, Tex.)

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Harris County, Block 220

Parent map for Harris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:6,000.

Date: January 10, 2011

Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.

Item Type: Map

Location: 29.721315 -95.288699

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

2010 Census County Block Map: Harris County, Block 220

Parent map for Harris County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:6,000.

Date: 2010

Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census.

Item Type: Map

Location: 29.721315 -95.288699

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department