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Box 1

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Note from Nacogdoches Co. Chief Justice Charles S. Taylor authorizing Judge Bennett Blake to give Mrs. S. Poe two bushels of corn, 3/22/1865

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, 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: 3/22/1865
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Notes from Nacogdoches Co. Chief Justice Charles S. Taylor authorizing Judge Bennett Blake to give various people corn (6 items)

Bennett Blake's gold account with James H. Starr and Son at Nacogdoches (2 pages), 11/5/1868

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, 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: 11/5/1868
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Bennett Blake cotton prices and expense accounts with James H. Starr and Son at Nacogdoches (4 items)

Bennett Blake's currency, county warrants and gold account with James H. Starr and Son at Nacogdoches, 4/15/1870

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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: 4/15/1870
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Bennett Blake accounts with James H. Starr and Son (8 items)

Bennett Blake's account with Raguet and Fry, 7/24/1873

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11, Item: 2
Scope and Contents

Raguet and Fry succeeded to James H. Starr and Son.

Dates: 7/24/1873
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Bennett Blake receipts (4 items)

Letter from Clapp Brothers and Co. at New Orleans to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches re: sale of three bales of cotton, 11/12/1868

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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: 11/12/1868
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Letters from Clapp Brothers and Co. at New Orleans to Bennett Blake re: cotton accounts (11 items)

Currency account of Bennett Blake with James H. Starr and Son, 4/13/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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: 4/13/1869
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Bennett Blake cotton prices and expense accounts with James H. Starr and Son at Nacogdoches (9 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)

Letter from J. L. Pogue at Quitman to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches re: smallpox in Mineola and depressed cotton prices, 2/8/1891

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, 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: 2/8/1891
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 2 / Letters from J. L. Pogue to Bennett Blake re: land, financial concerns, timber, cotton, and smallpox (7 items)

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