title: Improvement in Wagon-Sheet and Tent creator: Fitzgerald, M. M. contributor: Becker, John contributor: Graham, M. A. contributor: A.M. Photo-Lithogr. Co. publisher: United States. Patent Office. date: 1871-08-13 language: English description: Patent for an improvement in wagon sheet coverings / tent. The improvement is in the sides of the wagon sheet can be extended by loosening straps to fall the length to the ground and be staked to the earth. This gives a tent to sleep under after a day of traveling. subject: Inventions subject: Science and Technology subject: Places - United States - Texas - Gonzales County subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Horse-Drawn Vehicles subject: Science and Technology - Tools coverage: United States - Texas - Gonzales County rights: Public Domain type: Patent format: [1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. format: Text identifier: pat-no: 130417 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166786/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth166786