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Contains 7 Results:

Letters to Bennett Blake re: financial matters, land and bail (7 items), 1877-1879

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 1877-1879
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1

Letter from J. J. M. Casey in Montgomery Co. to Bennett Blake where he mentions having cancer, 1/29/1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 1/29/1877
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Letters to Bennett Blake re: financial matters, land and bail (7 items)

Letter from W. F. Nelson at Carthage to Bennette Blake, 3/9/1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 3/9/1877
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Letters to Bennett Blake re: financial matters, land and bail (7 items)

Note from Walter A. Patrick at Centerville to Bennett Blake, 8/8/1877

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 8/8/1877
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Letters to Bennett Blake re: financial matters, land and bail (7 items)

Cover letter and letter from Texas Comptroller Steph H. Darden at Austin to Bennett Blake at Nacogoches re: a labor of land in Wise Co., 9/18/1878

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, Items: 4-5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 9/18/1878
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Letters to Bennett Blake re: financial matters, land and bail (7 items)

Letter from W. F. Berry at Centerville to Bennett Blake, 12/4/1878

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, Item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 12/4/1878
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Letters to Bennett Blake re: financial matters, land and bail (7 items)

Letter from Thomas J. Jennings and Sarah G. Jennings at Tyler to Bennett Blake where they talk about bailing their son out, 12/11/1879

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32, Item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, financial papers, legal documents, and land deeds, mostly of Bennett Blake, his immediate family, and related families. A significant portion of the papers relate to William Bonaparte McKnight, who married Mary Louisa Addie Blake. McKnight's papers include oil leases and negotiations for timber rights. Several original land grants are included in the collection, two signed by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones.

Dates: 12/11/1879
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Letters to Bennett Blake re: financial matters, land and bail (7 items)

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