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[Message from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to I. H. Kempner, October 21, 1955]

Description: Internal correspondence from A. H. Blackshear, Jr., to I. H. Kempner calculating the appropriate cash payment towards lien per acreage for the purchase of a ranch in Grimes County. Included is a handwritten page of calculations based on a previously reported acreage amount dated October 19, 1955.
Date: October 21, 1955
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a cattle-guard "for preventing cattle from passing along a certain point of a railroad track from an inclosure (sic)" (lines 10-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Bullard, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nail-Staple for Barbed Wire.

Description: Patent for a tool meant to assist with attaching fence wire to posts. The nail-staple supports the wire during application to the post, which allows it to be done by a single person, saving time and labor.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Washington, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate.

Description: Patent for improvements in swinging gates which “can be opened in either direction and capable of being operated at a distance from either side of it by a person on horseback or in a vehicle.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date: April 15, 1902
Creator: Plaster, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner, September 16, 1953]

Description: Letter from A. H. Blackshear, Jr. to D. W. Kempner discussing advise from Harris about placing Plantersville cotton in government loan. Mentions about the conversation with Bill Keyser related to cotton production, costs and loans. Calling attention to Moody Interests. Adds more about the conversation with Bill Gatz about the Paragould operations.
Date: September 16, 1953
Creator: Blackshear, A. H., Jr.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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