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Dallas County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Dallas County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil and ink. Scale [ca. 1:152,380] (4000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date: 1890
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Bank-Punch

Description: Patent for "a punch for the use of banks, counting-houses, &c., which will cut figures and characters out of the material of la check or other paper, and which will cut in the said paper before and after the figures representing the value of the check a star or other character to prevent the raising of the check by the addition of other figures" (lines 21-28).
Date: March 18, 1890
Creator: Lane, Alvin V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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