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[Stalled train near Carneros]

Description: Stalled on the grade to Carneros --- Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's southbound freight headed by Engine No. 261, a Consolidation type 2-8-0, leased from the National Railways of Mexico, is over taken by a second freight, double-headed by Coahuila and Zacatecas' Engines Nos. 12 and 3, both Consolidation types. Then the mixed train arrives, headed by Coahuila and Zacatecas' Engine No. 11, also a Consolidation type. It pushed as well. Eventually these trains arrived at Carneros station which … more
Date: January 7, 1961
Creator: Richardson, R. W.
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Galveston City Directory, 1866-1867

Description: General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the early history of Galveston, the officers of the existing city government, together with full details of all public improvements, institutions and associations, public enterprises, etc."
Date: 1866
Creator: W. Richardson & Co.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Galveston City Directory, 1859-1860

Description: General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a brief history of the island, prior to the foundation of the city. The successive mayoralties and councils of the city to the present time - provisions of the present charter and ordinances now in force. Also, some account of the various public institutions, improvements, commerce, &c., of the city."
Date: 1859
Creator: W. & D. Richardson
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Joseph Redding, cause no. 714 (1326), 1879

Description: Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Joseph Redding, accused of theft of a horse, filed April 28, 1879. Documents include a letter of indictment signed by grand jury foreman J. M. Warren, requests for witnesses, an application, an attachment, and capiases.
Date: {1872-04-03,1879-04-28}
Creator: Thompson, Jeff. E.; Richardson, M. E. & Eustace, W. T.
Partner: Henderson County District Clerk's Office

Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Henry Shirk, cause no. 793, 1872

Description: Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Henry Shirk, accused of "aggravated assault and battery," filed July 20, 1872. Documents include a proof of witness, capiases, a bond, an affidavit, and a request for witnesses.
Date: 1872/1873
Creator: Richardson, M. E.; Thompson, Jeff. E. & Eustace, W. T.
Partner: Henderson County District Clerk's Office

Documents pertaining to the case of The State of Texas vs. K. Richardson, cause no. 836, 1873

Description: Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. K. Richardson, accused of theft of an estray horse, filed March 15, 1873. Documents include a motion to quash submitted by the defendant's attorney, witness summons and attachments, applications for witness attachments submitted by the defense, arrest warrants for K. Richardson, and a bill of indictment signed by grand jury foreman E. A. Carroll. The jury's verdict (not guilty) is written on the back of the indictment.
Date: 1873/1875
Creator: Bishop, J. B.; Richardson, M. E. & Eustace, W. T.
Partner: Henderson County District Clerk's Office

[Deed of the Center Point Cemetery Association to W. H. Bonnell]

Description: Deed from the Center Point Cemetery Association to W. H. Bonnell who is buying a plot for $1 and "valuable considerations." The document acknowledges that Bonnell will have and hold these possessions forever and adhere to "all the Rules and Regulations of the said Cemetery Association."
Date: June 24, 1931
Creator: Leavell, W. H.
Partner: Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library

Self Cooling Journal Box.

Description: Patent for a new and improved journal-box. This design consists "[i]n a self-cooling journal-box, the combination of the walls having top and bottom supporting the lubricating packing, and the housing forming water-chamber below and at the sides of the chamber formed by the walls and bottom, and [another] water-chamber above the top" (lines 66-72).
Date: January 29, 1889
Creator: Storey, Julius W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] car-coupler having a hook formed thereon . . . an open recess in the rear thereof, pins or projecting supports adjacent to the recess . . . a trigger pivoted to the coupler and projecting beyond the hook, so as to support the link . . . independent of the coupler and adapted to pass over the hook" (lines 64-75).
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Richardson, Samuel T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Machines for Tightening Iron Bands on Bales.

Description: Patent for an apparatus that consists of "a series of metal bars to be inserted between what is known as the 'channel bars or teeth,' both on the upper and lower platens of a compress used for compressing cotton-bales, which bars thus inserted shall be so attached to the channel-bars that, by the force of springs, the said bars will be kept below the surface of the teeth on the platens, allowing ample space to insert the iron bands to be used in tying the bales, in the same manner as they are n… more
Date: April 3, 1877
Creator: Quin, Michael
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the loop-formed nut-locking device and the plate to which it is hinged, of the supplementary locking device, consisting of a wire or rod having one end bent at right angles and embracing the hinge of the main device and its other end provided with a hook to receive the side bar of the main device" (lines 37-44).
Date: April 23, 1889
Creator: Leiby, Isaac F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Jasper Garland, cause no. 723, 1871

Description: Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Jasper Garland, accused of carrying a pistol, filed March 14, 1871. Documents include a letter of indictment signed by grand jury foreman John Collins, alias capiases, capiases, a bond, and requests for witnesses.
Date: 1871-03-14/1874-03-22
Creator: Thompson, Jeff. E.; Richardson, M. E.; Bishop, J. B. & Eustace, W. T.
Partner: Henderson County District Clerk's Office
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