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Box 1

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Letter from Clapp Brothers and Co. at New Orleans to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches re: sale of four bales of cotton, 12/22/1868

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7, Item: 8
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: 12/22/1868
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 to Peyton F. Edwards re: 160 acres of land, 6/4/1873

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10, Item: 8
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: 6/4/1873
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 1 / Bennett Blake accounts with James H. Starr and Son (8 items)

Currency account of Bennett Blake with James H. Starr and Son, 12/14/1869

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, Item: 8
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: 12/14/1869
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)

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