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[Letter from John Hill to Gertrude Osterhout, December 7, 1895]

Letter from John Hill to Gertrude Osterhout updating her about his life in Brazil. He was glad to hear she was well and told Gertrude about mutual acquaintances that he had heard from. The letter concluded with him describing how he was doing and the area he was residing in. Included is an envelope addressed to "Miss Gertie Osterhout."

Date: December 7, 1895

Creator: Hill, John

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Austin College

[Blurry Landscape]

Blurry photograph of a landscape including a field of tall plants and trees in the background. The photograph has some large blemishes in the top right corner.

Date: 1895~/1925~

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties.

This book gives an overview of the twelve Blackland Counties of Texas in alphabetical order. For each county, a brief description of the geographic and agricultural characteristics is given as well as statistics on population and county income. Additionally, a geological description of the Black Prairie Region gives more specific aspects of the area and the soil compositions and a final chapter discusses the property market of the area.

Date: 1895

Creator: Crawford, Wilbur F. & [Moore, Monta J.]

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Libraries

Pruning Implement.

Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient pruning implement meant to prune trees, cutting brush, and trimming hedges. It has a reciprocating knife, an improved hatchet-blade, and an extensible saw-blade "which is seated within a groove or recess in the shank of the implement and capable of being extended and held in operative position by means of a retaining-spring" (lines 16-20).

Date: November 12, 1895

Creator: Baiey, George M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department