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Map of Maverick County, Texas

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Maverick County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, pastures, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in red pencil and appear to denote the addition of roads. Scale [ca. 1:266,666] (6000 varas to 3/4 of an inch).
Date: 1890
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Newspaper-File.

Description: Patent for improvements in newspaper-holders by using a long metallic “piece bent at its upper end to form a spring and a means of suspension for the holder, and also bent at its lower end to form a similar spring and a hand-grasp, an upper and a lower loop connected to the bent ends of the metallic piece, and a retaining-tongue pivotally connected to the lower loop and having a hooked end for engaging the upper loop” (lines 82-89) to hold the newspaper. Illustration is included.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Jaehnig, Charles H.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newspaper File.

Description: Patent for a new and improved newspaper file. This design "is adapted and designed to be laid upon a table or placed in the usual rack or suspended by a hook, and . . . it may be held in one hand by means of its handle at the base while perusing the paper" (lines 17-22). It consists, "with a standard formed at or near its upper and lower ends . . . with a suitable perforation extending through the same from the back to the front thereof, of springs arranged upon the back of the standard, one ne… more
Date: July 26, 1892
Creator: Jaehnig, Charles H.
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Maverick County

Description: Map of Maverick County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 1892
Creator: Warren, W. H.
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Partner: Texas General Land Office
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