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[Bills of Sale of a Slave Named Nancy, June 18, 1838]

Description: Bills of sale of a slave named Nancy. The initial bill was written by notary William Christy in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jacob Sevy is selling Nancy, approximately 15, to John Covington Thomas of Gainsville, Alabama, for $1,200. Handwritten bills are added explaining that John C. Thomas sells Nancy to James Chessher in August 1838 for $3,000, who in turn sells her to Stephen Jackson of Jefferson County, Texas, in 1840 for $1,000. A separate paper is included with a description of this document.
Date: June 18, 1838
Creator: New Orleans (La.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

Velocipede

Description: A patent for a quadrucycle, or bicycle with four wheels, adaptable for use on railroads.
Date: June 13, 1882
Creator: McCombs, Paul
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gage for Adjusting Planer Knives.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gauge for planer knives. This design is "for use in planing and other mills where side heads are used to supply the need of a convenient appliance for holding the side heads in best position for filing, sharpening, or setting the bits, to afford a strong machine for holding the side heads firmly and securely in any position that the work[person] may desire while sharpening or adjusting the bits to the desired pattern" (lines 30-38).
Date: June 17, 1884
Creator: Thompson, Francis B.
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Screw.

Description: Patent for a new and improved screw. This design consists in "[a] screw, the body and shank of which are of corresponding diameter throughout their length, the shank terminating in a rounded end, and the shank and body being provided with a longitudinal straight channel extending throughout their lengths, one of the terminal shoulders of the channel being removed" (lines 4-10).
Date: June 10, 1890
Creator: Ericson, John
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Trunk-Strap Fastener.

Description: Patent for an inexpensive and simple trunk strap fastener meant to "insure a strong tightening of the same without resorting to the old laborious method of buckling the strap about the baggage, while at the same time the invention also contemplates the employment of a specific arrangement of the strap about the article being bound therewith, in combination with the fastener proper whereby a stronger and more efficient strapping is effected" (lines 16-25).
Date: June 12, 1894
Creator: Webb, William James
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Log-Hauling Locomotive.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in log hauling locomotives, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 7, 1898
Creator: Fletcher, William Andrew
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bicycle Support

Description: Patent for a bicycle support, which can be attached to different bicycles and carried in the pocket.
Date: June 17, 1902
Creator: Moss, Eric
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Match Box

Description: Patent for form of single delivery match box. Illustrations included.
Date: June 28, 1904
Creator: Pevoto, Calvit F.
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[Postcard of Young Girl Wearing Yellow Bonnet]

Description: Postcard of a young girl wearing a yellow bonnet and white and blue striped dress. Below her feet, "I'm scared I'll get sunburned." is typed out. "Hello, niggers," and "P. Q. R." are written at the edges. On the back, the postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 1906 McFaddin Ave. City."
Date: June 30, 1907
Creator: Rotograph Co.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

Street-Pavement

Description: Patent for a street paving material made from limestone, limestone dust, and crude oil with layers of crushed rock in between which is waterproof and durable.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Walsh, John M.
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[Postcard of Peristine Building in Beaumont]

Description: Postcard of a six story pale blue building with an early model car and horse drawn buggy traveling down the road in front of it. A boy dressed in black stands in the lower right corner. The letter on the back of the postcard is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin 65 Beach St. Charlotte N. Y."
Date: June 22, 1909
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Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum
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