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Documents pertaining to the case of The State of Texas vs. William Boles, S. E. Boles, and John Boles, cause no. 1753 and no. 906, 1885

Description: Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. William Boles, S. E. Boles, and John Boles, accused of theft of cotton seeds, filed October 16, 1891. Documents include a letter signed by the judge presiding, arrest warrants, subpoenas, a letter signed by the defense attorney, and an appearance bond. Some files are also labeled as cause numbers 1752 and 905
Date: 1891
Creator: Adam, S.
Partner: Henderson County District Clerk's Office

Trace-Carrier.

Description: Patent for "a simple, inexpensive, and efficient trace-carrier" (line 12) "capable of readily receiving and of securely holding the chain of a trace close to the back-band and of preventing the inner trace-chains form becoming hooked into each other when two horses are employed at a plow or the like" (lines 13-18).
Date: June 8, 1897
Creator: Brown, Lewis E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire Stretcher and Splicer.

Description: Patent for a wire stretcher and splicer device, for "stretching of the wire when a fence is being constructed, the tightening of the wire after the fence is constructed, and the splicing of broken wire" (lines 10-13), with illustrations.
Date: January 17, 1893
Creator: Dowell, Lawson Henrey
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Pneumatic Toy.

Description: Patent for improvements in rotary pneumatic toys, "which can be carried by a child and caused to rotate by the action of the air when the toy is carried rapidly or if the air is violently circulated" (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
Date: November 17, 1896
Creator: Laube, Godfried
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Toy.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in toys. This design is to " produce a top which will be capable of unusual momentum with the resultant prolonged action" (line 10 - 12).
Date: January 25, 1898
Creator: Laube, Godfried
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas

Description: This book gives an overview of each of the six counties including history, important statistics and facts, and biographies of central figures. According to the title page, it contains "a History of this Important Section of the Great State of Texas, from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospects; also Biographical Mention of Many of the Pioneers and Prominent Citizens of the Present Time, and Full-page Portraits of the most Eminent Men of… more
Date: 1893
Creator: Lewis Publishing Company
Partner: Palestine Public Library

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a wire stretcher designed "to provide simple and efficient means for twisting the terminals of a broken fence-wire together for connecting them, and also to enable a wire to be readily severed when desired." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 1, 1896
Creator: Morrow, William I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn with an improved "construction of working body churns, to effect a rapid production of butter, and to enable the temperature of the contents of the churn to be readily controlled and regulated to facilitate churning" (lines 11-15).
Date: April 11, 1893
Creator: Robert, Cumberland M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Athens 1890 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Athens in Henderson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: May 1890
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Athens 1896 Sheet 1

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Athens in Henderson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: September 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Location: None
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Athens 1896 Sheet 2

Description: Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Athens in Henderson County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date: September 1896
Creator: Sanborn Map Company
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Documents pertaining to B. C. Wallace as the receiver of the estate and guardian of Campbell minors, cause no. 532, 1896-1904

Description: Documents from the Henderson County Court dating from 1896 to 1904 relating to the appointment of B. C. Wallace as receiver of the estate and guardian for orphan minors W. E. Campbell, May A. Campbell, and Tommie H. Campbell. Included are application, appointment of receiver, oaths and bonds, decree appointing guardian, public notices, inventory, annual reports, orders and reports related to sale and disposition of certain properties, final account, and decree approving final account and closi… more
Date: 1896-11-13/1904-12-08
Creator: Warren, B. F. & Carroll, W. L.
Partner: Henderson County District Clerk's Office

Trunk.

Description: Patent for a trunk meant for traveling that holds clothes and small articles. The trunk has "novel adjunctive features, which will render it more convenient, and better adapted for the stowage and removal of various articles of wear and use" (lines 11-14).
Date: December 12, 1893
Creator: Warren, James L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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