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Hammock or Swing.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hammock. This design consists in "the combination of a suspended canopy, consisting of a hoop provided with screw-eyes and having a textile covering and a mosquito-netting secured thereto and depending therefrom, with a basket consisting of a hoop, a suitably-constructed bottom, a cushion, and a guard . . . and supporting-ropes secured at their lower portions to the basket and to the guard, and having snap-hooks at their upper ends adapted to engage the screw-eyes … more
Date: April 24, 1888
Creator: Broderick, Martin
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Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.

Description: Patent for a "gin-saw-filing machine consisting, essentially, of a rotary and intermittingly movable file, of an intermittingly-operated feed and check device, and of adjustable reciprocating sharpening-files".
Date: July 24, 1877
Creator: Eastham, Albert S.
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[Letter from D. W. Kempner to B. P. Briscoe, April 24, 1954]

Description: Letter from D. W. Kempner to B. P. Briscoe discussing on a topic involving vapor barriers in construction. He appreciates Mr. Moore's advice on the subject. Additionally, the letter refers to a past conversation about historical sites in Texas, specifically the old Baker place from the Republic of Texas era, and inquires about any published information on it, hoping for a copy.
Date: April 24, 1954
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
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