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Box 2

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Contains 52 Results:

Box 2

 Box — Box: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1833-1965

Correspondence from Nelson, 1837-1842

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1837-1842

Correspondence from Nelson, 1843-1851

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1843-1851

Correspondence with the General Land Office, 1838-1860

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1838-1860

Business papers, 1870-1871

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1870-1871

Legal papers and miscellaneous, 1840-1850

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1840-1850

Scrapbook, 1833-1838

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1833-1838

Biographical and genealogical materials

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1833-1965

"An Old Timer Gone" obituary from the 'Galveston News' transcribed in the R. B. Blake Collection, Vol. LIX (photocopy) (2 pages), 9/27/1892

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 9/27/1892

George L. Crocket's handwritten Nelson family tree (original in George L. Crocket Collection, Folder 14) (photocopy) (1 page), c.1930

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: c.1930

Biographical sketch from 'Texas and Texans' transcribed in the R. B. Blake Collection, Vol. LIX (photocopy) (1 page)

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1833-1965

Biographical sketch from 'The Handbook of Texas' Vol. II. (photocopy) (1 page), 1952

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1952

Typed manuscript of "A. A. Nelson: Sailor, Surveyor, and Citizen: A Personal Profile," by James G. Dickson, Jr., SFA (later printed in the 'East Texas Historical Association Journal', 10/1965) (16 pages), 1965

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1965

"A Scrapbook Containing the most Remarkable Incidents that Occurred during a Long Voyage in Pacific Ocean for Whales" (typescript of a diary, copied circa 1936) (39 pages), 1833-1838

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 6, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1833-1838

Dallas Co. petition to retain A. G. Walker as Dallas Co. Surveyor (typescript, 7 pages), 7/4/1848

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 7/4/1848

Nacogdoches Co. appointment of Robert A. Terrell as Deputy Surveyor under A. A. Nelson (transcribed in the R. B. Blake Collection, Vol. LIX) (photocopy) (1 page), 11/22/1848

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 11/22/1848

Power-of-attorney from Anthony Manchack (?) to William Craig in De Soto, Parish, LA (witnessed by John P. Irion, John W. Parsons and P. W. Caspavy (?)), 4/18/1849

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 4/18/1849

Memo for Col. W. A. Brislow re: land notes (1 page), 1/10/1850

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 1/10/1850

Hunt Co. appointment of John Grainger as County Surveyor (3 pages), 5/9/1850

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 5-8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 5/9/1850

Hunt Co. petition to appoint John Grainger as County Surveyor (2 pages), 5/19/1850

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.

Dates: 5/19/1850