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Box 3

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

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

Pamphlet, "The Story of Lyne Taliaferro (Tol) Barret, Who Drilled Texas' First Oil Well," by Frank X. Tolbert, Dallas (Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association), 1966

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 4, 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: 1966

Canceled contract with J. B. Johnson, et al. to form a Petroleum Oil and Mining Co., circa 1865

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1, 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: circa 1865

Agreement between L. T. Barret and B. T. Kavanaugh to purchase of Butler's "improved auger" for boring wells, 6/9/1866

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2, 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: 6/9/1866