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[Letter from David S. Kennard to Jennie Kennard, June 6, 1862]

Description: Letter from David S. Kennard, to his sister Jennie updating her on his current living situation. He describes how often he has been traveling, and he also mentions how he is in need of a wagon. He tells her about a skirmish that resulted in the death of 200 Yankees. He also promises to send her needles if he finds the correct size.
Date: June 6, 1862
Creator: Kennard, David S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from David S. Kennard to Sarah Kennard, June 11, 1862]

Description: Letter from David S. Kennard to his mother, Sarah Kennard from Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas discussing his marching from Dangerfield and their continued marching into Little Rock to meet up with his regiment. Mentions meeting soldiers who were discharged because of their age. He met several soldiers in Washington who were in his company and left behind because of sickness and Mart White, who had died. He also discusses the high prices of corn and paper.
Date: June 11, 1862
Creator: Kennard, David S. & Kennard, Sarah
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Cotton Condenser.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton condenser. This design involves "[t]he lint pass[ing] from the gin through the flue and between the condensing-cylinders, by which it is formed into a bat. The blast from the gin serves to blow all dust from the lint through the wire-cloth of the cylinders and out through the openings in the ends of the latter. The upper cylinder will move vertically in its bearings . . . and thus adjust itself to any quantity of lint that may pass from the gin" (lines 46-55… more
Date: July 10, 1883
Creator: Sewell, Franklin Milner
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of two side-bars, the rear portion of each of which is folded back upon itself, forming a standard, a shorter standard, a handle the front end of which and the end of the double portion are secured to the said bar by means of a single bolt, and the downturned end of one-half of the adjusting device and a brace for said handle being secured by a single bolt at another place" (lines 8-17).
Date: February 2, 1886
Creator: Putman, John Howard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Steam Plow

Description: Patent for Steam-Plow. "The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved steam-plow, which is simple in construction, has great tractive force, can-not slip, and plows very rapidly and perfectly." (lines 7-10)
Date: August 3, 1886
Creator: Lay, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Derrick.

Description: Patent for improvements to derricks which make them portable and easily manipulated. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 8, 1891
Creator: Hurd, George Murray
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Type-Writer Attachment.

Description: Patent for a typewriter attachment that holds and feeds rolls of paper through typewriters. It is inexpensive and fits on several types of typewriters.
Date: August 25, 1896
Creator: Baker, Joseph B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ball-Bearing.

Description: Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 26, 1897
Creator: Baker, Joseph B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tool-Holder.

Description: Patent for "a holder for any class of tools, but being especially adapted for hatchets, garden-tools, and tools of like character." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1897
Creator: Richardson, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bed-Brace.

Description: Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Lockett, Wyatt W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes Pin

Description: Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Lewis, Joseph Wesley & Phillips, Joseph E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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