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Box 1

 Container

Contains 6 Results:

Note from Nacogdoches Co. Chief Justice Charles S. Taylor authorizing Judge Bennett Blake to give Mrs. Strahan two bushels of corn, 5/9/1865

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, 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: 5/9/1865
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)

Gold account of Bennett Blake with James H. Starr and Son, 9/11/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, 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: 9/11/1869
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)

Receipt from Clapp Brothers and Co. at New Orleans to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches re: four bales of cotton arriving in New Orleans via the steamer Richmond, 12/12/1868

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, 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: 12/12/1868
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)

Letter from James H. Starr and Son at Marshall to Bennett Blake, 3/6/1872

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, 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: 3/6/1872
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Bennett Blake accounts with James H. Starr and Son (8 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 J. L. Pogue at Yantis, TX to Bennett Blake re: people moving west (2 pages)

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17, 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: 1889-1892, undated
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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