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Map of Hardin County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Hardin County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1902
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Last Will and Testament of Mary E. Sayles, October 16, 1906]

Description: Last will and testament of Mary E. Sayles, in which she bequeaths much of her property to her daughters, Mary and Emma Sayles, and names her son and her son-in-law, Henry Sayles and George C. Harris, as the executors of the will. The document is not hand-signed and has the word, "copy.", typed in the header.
Date: October 16, 1907
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Estate Transfer from Benjamin H. Bassett to Mrs. M. E. Sayles]

Description: Document in which Benjamin H. Basset is transferring the estate rights of his deceased father, B. H. Bassett unto Mrs. M. E. Sayles, based on a a previously made land deed between the deceased Bassett and the deceased John Sayles. A handwritten notarization and certification of filing are both attached to the document.
Date: June 12, 1901
Creator: Bassett, Benjamin H.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Sale of Timber From Mary E. Sayles to Henry G. King - Draft]

Description: Draft of documentation of the sale of timber rights on portions of land owned by Mary E. Sales over to Henry G. King, on the stipulation that he will remove all the timber within 15 years. A correction in pen is marked int he last paragraph and a note is handwritten at the bottom of the page.
Date: August 21, 1902
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Texas Petroleum.

Description: This report contains information about the petroleum industry in the state of Texas, including chapters on the history, nature and origin of the resource, as well as oil and gas-bearing formations. The index begins on page 93.
Date: July 1900
Creator: Phillips, William Battle
Partner: UNT Libraries

Map of Hardin County.

Description: Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date: 1902
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Well Pumping Apparatus

Description: Patent for well pumping apparatus. This invention is designed for the improvement of pumping liquid from deep wells. Illustration included.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Stephenson, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail-Box

Description: Patent for "a mail-box adapted to be placed at or on the house of the person receiving the mail, so as to facilitate a house-to-house delivery" (lines 8-11).
Date: June 4, 1901
Creator: Myer, Clayton Pittinger
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect Destoyer

Description: Patent for an insect destroyer. "This invention relates particularly to that class of insect destroyers which contain pans of liquid into which the insects are shaken or enticed" (line 15-18). Illustration included.
Date: December 29, 1903
Creator: Sewell, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stirrup

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in stirrups" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Hooks, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump Controlling Means

Description: Patent for a pump controlling means. This invention applies even pressures on the discharge line. Illustration included.
Date: August 23, 1904
Creator: Small, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Engine Valve Mechanism

Description: Patent for an engine valve mechanism. This invention is a "class of steam engines wherein the cylinder-inlet and exhaust-ports are controlled by separate and distinct values." Illustration included.
Date: September 5, 1905
Creator: Moore, Ezra G. & Moore, Frank T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screw-Gearing

Description: Patent for screw-gearing for motors, particularly motors for fans or similar objects, including illustrations.
Date: September 18, 1900
Creator: Paker, Oren A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Rail Joint

Description: Patent for improving the construction and increase the efficiency and utility of railway-rail joints.
Date: January 2, 1906
Creator: Verneuil, Edward Benjamin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Gage.

Description: Patent for improvements on saws by providing “cleaner-teeth and arranged to permit accurate filing of the cleaner-teeth without leaving an undesirable bur and without danger of filing the teeth too short for proper working in a cut.” (Lines 10-14) Illustration is included.
Date: June 11, 1901
Creator: Steele, Daniel Carlos
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail Plate And Fastener

Description: Patent for rail plate fastener. This invention is designed to secure rails to ties without the use of spikes. Illustration included.
Date: June 21, 1904
Creator: Butterfield, Walter V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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