Box 1
Container
Contains 92 Results:
Box 1
Box — Box: 1
Dates:
1826-1942; Event: Donated in 1963
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
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Bennett Blake Papers
Letters to Bennett Blake re: land, power of attorney, Chireno Academy, bailiff's resignation (7 items), 1847-1859
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Several letters mention Mary Harris and R. E. Lindsey. One letter mentions emigrants, 6/17/1847.
Dates:
1847-1859
Letters to Bennett Blake re: financial concerns, slaves, Confederate money, and land (3 items), 1861-1867
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
One letter mentions having to "sell negroes" to pay 11/8/1861.
Dates:
1861-1867
Notes from Nacogdoches Co. Chief Justice Charles S. Taylor authorizing Judge Bennett Blake to give various people corn (6 items), 1865
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Letters of Bennett Blake re: land, financial concerns and cotton (7 items), 1868
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
James R. Arnold is mentioned.
Dates:
1868
Letters from W. L. Alexander to Bennett Blake re: land and taxes (4 items), 1868-1869
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Letters of Bennett Blake re: land, financial concerns and the Fenner vs Woodson suit (typed transcripts, 6 items), 1868-1869
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
W. E. Collard and P. T. Woodson are mentioned.
Dates:
1868-1869
Letters from Clapp Brothers and Co. at New Orleans to Bennett Blake re: cotton accounts (11 items), 1868, 1870
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Bennett Blake cotton prices and expense accounts with James H. Starr and Son at Nacogdoches (4 items), 1868
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Bennett Blake cotton prices and expense accounts with James H. Starr and Son at Nacogdoches (9 items), 1869
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Letters of Bennett Blake with John M. Richardson re: land (10 items), 1868-1879
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
The folder includes field notes and a deed.
Dates:
1868-1879
Letters of Bennett Blake with John M. Richardson re: land (8 items), 1881, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Letters includes field notes.
Dates:
1881, undated
Letters to Bennett Blake re: land and financial concerns (6 items), 1869-1/1870
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Letters include J. H. Muckleroy and survey notes.
Dates:
1869-1/1870
Letters to Bennett Blake re: land, financial concerns and the Fenner vs Woodson suit (typed transcripts, 4 items), 10/1870-1871
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Letters include reference to J. F. Foster, J. B. Foster and land leases.
Dates:
10/1870-1871
Letters to Bennett Blake with William R. Reagan re: land, legal and financial matters, and James C. Walker (6 items), 1872-1873
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Letters of Bennett Blake re: land, legal and financial matters (4 items), 1872-1873
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Letters to Bennett Blake re: accounts with J. H. Brown and Co. at Tyler (4 items), 1872-1873
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Letters of Bennett Blake with James C. Walker re: land and financial concerns (6 items), 1872-1875
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
One letter includes a plat.
Dates:
1872-1875
