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[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David W.Fentress, June 1860]

Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to her son David in which she commiserates with him on the heavy rains he has received in Texas. She plans to send David jelly and canned fruit. She states that other members of the family wish to move to Texas. She tells David that Frank wishes to make up with him and possibly move to Texas. She updates David on news about friends and family.

Date: June 1860

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W.Fentress - June 1860]

Letter from Maud Fentress to her son David in which she commiserates with him on the heavy rains he has received in Texas. She plans to send David jelly and canned fruit. She states that other members of the family wish to move to Texas. She tells David that Frank wishes to make up with him and possibly move to Texas. She updates David on news about friends and family.

Date: June 1860

Creator: Fentress, Maud C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Corn and Cotton Planter

Patent for "a machine for planting corn or cotton, that may be attached to almost any kind of plow, simple in construction, easily repaired by an ordinary blacksmith, and capable of use in a satisfactory manner for planing where stumps and rocks would interfere with the operation of machines of ordinary construction" (lines 9-15).

Date: August 31, 1880

Creator: Krüger, Theodore Charles Herman

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fumigator.

Patent for an improved fumigator that's primary purpose is to kill insects within corn storage units without damaging either the corn or the building. Illustration included.

Date: December 1, 1891

Creator: Bozarth, Stephen P.