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[Notice from the Comandante Militar to the Laredo Alcalde, February 21, 1827]

Letter from the comandante militar de Laredo to the Laredo alcalde saying soldiers should not use firearms without orders to do so.

Date: 1827-02~

Item Type: Text

Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

[Arrest Warrant: G. A. Staacke]

Warrant issued by the Laredo mayor's office to arrest G. A. Staacke for unlawfully discharging firearms.

Date: July 12, 1860

Creator: Laredo (Tex.)

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

Improvement in Gun-Locks.

Patent for "a novel application of hair-trigger catch to the main trigger, which operates together with a holder and separate springs." (Lines 30-33) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 16, 1870

Creator: Deutz, Joseph

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Magazine Fire-Arms.

Patent for an "improved repeating fire-arm... contrived with a sliding breech-block, which is drawn back by crank on the right-hand side of the gun" (lines 6-9) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 14, 1875

Creator: Toepperwein, Emil A. F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Breech-Loading Fire-Arm

Patent for a new and improved breech-loading firearm. This design "consists in the devices for opening the breech-block and ejecting the cartridge-shell by one and the same motion that cocks the gun, and also in a spring and pitman arranged with the breech-block" (para. 2).

Date: December 4, 1877

Creator: Petmecky, Joseph C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Adjustable Hammers for Fire-Arms.

Patent for "the particular construction and arrangement of such swiveling striker with its locking devices, and its combination with a double-barreled gun, whereby a single hammer may be employed for both barrels, the striker being capable of such adjustment as to bring it within the range of either nipple, or into an intermediate position between the two, for the prevention of accidents." (Lines 17-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 8, 1878

Creator: Toepperwein, Emil A. F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Hair-Triggers for Fire-Arms.

Patent for "an improved trigger for fire-arms which shall be provided with a hair-trigger in such a way that the hair-trigger may be used or not, as may be desired, which shall be complete in itself, so that it may be applied to any kind of fire-arm without change in its construction" (lines 17-23), includes illustrations.

Date: May 20, 1879

Creator: Toepperwein, Emil A. F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Breech-Loading Fire-Arm.

Patent for breech-loaded fire-arms, with illustrations. The purpose of the breech-loaded fire-arms was to improve existing fire-arms by allowing for a method to prevent accidental discharge.

Date: March 18, 1884

Creator: Schraud, Franz

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Arm.

Patent for an improvement to adjusting rifle barrels and holding those adjustments in place. Includes illustrations.

Date: March 8, 1887

Creator: Alston, William F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gunpowder Can.

Patent for new container for holding and dispensing gunpowder with illustrations consisting of "glass vessel incased within a metallic jacket and having an exteriorly-screw-threaded neck, in combination with a cap or cover" (page 2, lines 1-3) to increase safety and prevent corrosion of vessel.

Date: March 25, 1890

Creator: Lee, Newton M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shot-Carrying Shell.

Patent for "a cartridge-shell which shall clean the barrel of the gun each time one is discharged, thereby preventing the gun becoming foul or clogged," and "which can be employed for shooting shot at long or short range." (Lines 11-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 30, 1897

Creator: Williams, Benjamin F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lubricated Bullet.

Patent for lubricated lead bullets to prevent the deterioration and rusting of the inner barrel of rifled firearms, so as to maintain their accuracy. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 3, 1897

Creator: Stewardson, Samuel Clinton

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Firearm

Patent for "a projectile adapted for use in guns having an elliptical and twisted bore" with an illustration.

Date: June 3, 1902

Creator: Cole, William F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hunting or Shooting Garment.

Patent for a coat for use while using firearms that has pads built into the shoulders to absorb the impact of the recoil of the gun and protect the shoulders from rubbing while carrying the gun.

Date: April 2, 1907

Creator: Petmecky, Fred

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Gun or Rifle.

Patent for a gun or rifle with a magazine, which quickly and automatically ejects spent cartridges and reloads.

Date: May 7, 1912

Creator: Douglas, William M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Gun Firing Mechanism.

Patent for an automatic gun firing mechanism intended to protect gardens, orchards, and fields by scaring off birds and other animals that destroy crops through automatic discharge of a firearm at predetermined intervals.

Date: March 18, 1913

Creator: Steinocher, John

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department