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The State of Texas, County of Hood

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustration of courthouse with county name in lithographic print by Geo. D. Barnard & Co. St. Louis. Letterhead contains the names H. T. Berry, Co. Judge; Phil. Jackson, Dist. & Co. Clerk; J. T. Petty, Shff. & Tax Collector; S. C. Colvin, Treasurer; T. O. Martin, County Atty.; [?] Millington, Assessor; J. H. Ethridge, Surveyor; J. A. Formwalt, J. P. Pre. No. 1; W. H. Martin, Com'r Prect. No. 1; H. H. … more
Date: 1897
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Cultivator-Arch

Description: Patent for a cultivator arch designed to adjust and secure the beams of a plow. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Spence, Enoch M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling Press

Description: Patent for baling press. Illustration included.
Date: March 8, 1904
Creator: Robburts, George W.; Lemaster, Mike C. & Lemaster, Henry H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reversible Hoe.

Description: Patent for a new and useful reversible hoe, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1898
Creator: Schultz, Carl Herman Severin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hame-Fastener.

Description: Patent for a hame fastener "by which the ends can be securely connected together, but which may be readily disconnected when desired." (lines 10-12). Illustrations included.
Date: October 2, 1900
Creator: Jones, David G. & Jones, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fountain-Brush.

Description: Patent for a fountain brush which allows for the attachment of a wiping cloth, and featuring a spring handle.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Shanley, Michael Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ice-Cream Freezer.

Description: Patent for an ice-cream freezer that "effectually and with slight labor freez[es] cream; to be so constructed as to freeze the cream into sticks of merchantable size and adapted for retail trade; and, furthermore, to provide for a simultaneous manufacture of ice, so that as the cream is frozen water may be congealed forming ice that may be subsequently employed in the freezer or otherwise" (lines 10-18).
Date: April 3, 1894
Creator: Skipper, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Switch-Locking Device.

Description: Patent for improvements in switch locking devices. Design intends to increase efficiency and ease of operability, as well as providing "means for retaining the latch in inoperative position" when chosen (lines 23-25).
Date: March 11, 1919
Creator: McCormick, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Show-Case

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements to show cases.
Date: April 30, 1889
Creator: Fain, Emmet C. & Poston, George C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fly-Trap.

Description: Patent for a funnel-shaped fly trap for catching flies and other insects by either entrapment or drowning. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: April 7, 1914
Creator: Raifsnider, Alfred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Plow and Harrow.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and effective combined plow and harrow that can be used as a plow and harrow at the same time, or the operator can detach one and only use the other. The machine can be adjusted to better suit different types of soil.
Date: April 18, 1893
Creator: Lee, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ant-Trap.

Description: Patent for a new ant trap design using a conical shape and reservoirs for holding kerosene to destroy ants, including illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1888
Creator: Kell, Mathew
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Bag-Holder and Sifter.

Description: Patent for improvements in a combined bag-holder and sifter by using a supporting bracket secured to a wall, a bag-holder, a sifter located below the bag-holder, a detachable suspending connection between the sifter and the bag-engaging devices rising from the sifter. With this arrangement, the bag will be elevated into the proper position and to hold the bag against lateral movement while the sifter is being operated. The bag is to remain in proper position until the contents has been sifted… more
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Shanley, Michael H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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