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Box 3

 Container

Contains 62 Results:

Letter from A. Edwin Lyon at Millican, Brazos County, to L. T. Barret re: employment in drilling, 9/7/1866

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 9/7/1866
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from L. T. Barret to William Clark, editor 'Nacogdoches Chronicle' re: Clark's recent article on petroleum affairs and Nacogdoches County residents, 10/2/1866

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 10/2/1866
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from B. P. Hollingsworth to L. T. Barret re: drilling techniques (with transcription), 10/10/1866

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 10/10/1866
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from John Flint to L. T. Barret re: drilling, care of wells, 10/23/1866

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 10/23/1866
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from J. P. Hollingsworth to L. T. Barret re: pumping of oil , 10/25/1866

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 10/25/1866
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from John Flint to L. T. Barret re: selling part of Skillern Tract, oil springs, 11/25/1866

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 11/25/1866
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from the American Emigrant Aid and Homestead Co. to John T. Flint re: oil samples , 2/23/1867

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 2/23/1867
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letters from John T. Flint at Waco to J. B. Hamlett and L. T. Barret re: M. P. O. Co. interests, 3/10/1867, 3/16/1867

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Items: 19-20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 3/10/1867, 3/16/1867
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Account of L. T. Barret to John F. Caril re: M. P. O. Co., 5/7/1867

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 21
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 5/7/1867
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from John T. Flint to J. B. Hamlett re: oil land, 5/11/1867

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 5/11/1867
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from J. B. Hamlett at Beaser, Anderson Co., to L. T. Barret re: buying out some interests in M. P. O. Co., 5/14/1867

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 23
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 5/14/1867
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from John T. Flint at Waco to L. T. Barret re: desire to relinquish interest in M. P. O. Co. for land (with good title), 8/22/1867

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 8/22/1867
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from J. F. Caril at Pleasantville, PA to L. T. Barret re: the oil boom in Pleasantville, wells he has brought in, booming land prices, "what are prospects in Texas now", etc., 7/27/1868

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, Item: 25
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 7/27/1868
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Letter from John F. Caril at New York to L. T. Barret re: power of attorney, 4/4/1870

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 4/4/1870
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Lawsuit: John F. Caril, Pennsylvania vs. L. T. Barret et al. re: note of $3000 plus 10 percent interest, 1/20/1873

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

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).

Dates: 1/20/1873
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Lawsuit: John F. Caril, Pennsylvania vs. L. T. Barret et al. re: note of $3000 plus 10 percent interest, 9/9/1873

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

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).

Dates: 9/9/1873
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Lawsuit: John F. Caril, Pennsylvania vs. L. T. Barret et al. re: note of $3000 plus 10 percent interest (badly damaged), 9/9/1873

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 9/9/1873
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Receipt from R. S. Walker, attorney for John F. Caril, to L. T. Barret for partial payment of debt, 12/6/1874

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

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).

Dates: 12/6/1874
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Lette from W. Ceak (?) to L. T. Barret re: lawsuit against L. T. Barret but not against Mrs. Barret, 1880s

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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).

Dates: 1880s
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

Agreement between L. T. Barret and David S. Criswell at Oil City, PA re: oil lease, 7/1887

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

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).

Dates: 7/1887
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Lyne Taliaferro Barret Papers / Box 3 / Oil, Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

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