Box 1
Contains 33 Results:
Angelina River channel clearance and related land papers, 1874-1939
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from F. Voigt to L. T. Barret re: importance of an honest supervisor for state work in clearing the Angelina River (with envelope), 9/22/1874
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from Thomas Taylor to L. T. Barret re: clearing the Angelina contract, 1/26/1875
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from J. H. Burnet to L. T. Barret re: certificates issued for mileage of clearing the Angelina, 5/6/1875
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Galveston Co. 640-acre land certificates (4) issued to Arnold and Barret for clearing a channel in the Angelina River, 5/19/1875
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Blank land certificate, 1875
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from the State Controller's Office at Austin to L. T. Barret re: Barret's letter on certificates issued to Arnold and Barret in 1875 for clearing the Angelina, 6/25/1900
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from John Durst at Tyler to L. T. Barret at Melrose re: conflicts in titles on western lands (Angelina River clearing lands), 12/10/1883
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from John Durst at Tyler to L. T. Barret at Melrose re: unsaleable tract of land held by title bond only, 9/25/1884
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from S. J. Arnold at Jacksboro to L. T. Barret at Melrose re: land certificates, 7/27/1875
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from A. L. Walker to S. J. Arnold at Melrose re: land certificates, 1/22/1876
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from George F. Ingraham to L. T. Barret re: Swisher Co. lands, 12/14/1881
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from W. W. Ramey at Austin to L. T. Barret re: work of the Land Commissioner on Barret certificates, 3/6/1882
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from John Durst at Tyler to L. T. Barret at Melrose re: land sales in various surveys, 1/17/1884
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from O. A. Norwood at Navasota to L. T. Barret re: validity and ownership of land certificates issued to Arnold and Barret, 7/8/1887
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from S. J. Arnold at Henderson to L. T. Barret re: enclosed certificates 98 and 99, 1/5/1893
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Receipt from L. T. Barret to Thomas Taylor for transferring land certificates 36, 38 and 39, issued to S. J. Arnold and Angelina Barret as contractors for the clearing of the Angelina River, to Taylor , 1875
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from L. T. Barret to P. F. Edwards re: selling land certificates #32 and #33, 8/4/1875
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from William H. Hamman at Calvert, TX to L. T. Barret re: lawsuit for western lands, oil and iron (2 pages), 11/26/1887
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
Letter from Walter S. Jones at Childress, TX to Angelina Barret re: the location of land certificates and about selling land in Briscoe and Swisher counties, 6/11/1888
Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, the personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company (1845-1914).
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