Skip to main content

Box 2

 Container

Contains 54 Results:

Letter from D. L. Blake to Bennett Blake at Nacogdoches, 12/10/1837

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 23, 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: 12/10/1837

Letters (same document) from Abigail Blake Humphrey and Samuel Humphrey to Bennett Blake re: family and challenges of being a parent, 1/14/1839

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 23, 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: 1/14/1839

Letter from the Blake family at Sutton, Vermont to Bennett Blake re: family affairs, 6/10/1839

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 23, Item: 4
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: 6/10/1839

Letter from Susan Blake Fielder at Beverly to her brother Bennett Blake, 10/24/1841

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 24, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the File:

The folder says there are four items. This is either a typo or one item is missing.

Dates: 10/24/1841

Letter from Bennett Blake's brother at Sutton, Vermont to Blake, 5/15/1848

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 24, Item: 3
Scope and Contents From the File:

The folder says there are four items. This is either a typo or one item is missing.

Dates: 5/15/1848

Letters of Bennett Blake (7 items), 1880-1883

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 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: 1880-1883

Letters of Bennett Blake re: land, financial concerns (5 items), 1884

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 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: 1884

Letters from John Durst to Bennett Blake re: land surveying (3 items), 1884-1887

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 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: 1884-1887

Letters from F. A. Kimball to Bennett Blake re: land and financial concerns (includes survey) (3 items), 1885

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
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: 1885

Letters to Bennett Blake re: land, financial concerns, insurance, and heirs of Hiram Williams (5 items), 1885-1886

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 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: 1885-1886

Letters from Richardson and Watkins at Athens, TX to Bennett Blake re: land, financial concerns (includes field notes and a plat) (10 items), 1887, 1892

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 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: 1887, 1892

Letters to Bennett Blake re: land, financial concerns, power of attorney, and timber (5 items), 1887

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Documents include the names A. J. Angle, J. P. Forsyth and Lafayette Burnes.

Dates: 1887

Letters of Bennett Blake re: land and financial concerns (4 items), 1887

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Documents include the names G. W. Shepherd and Peyton F. Edwards.

Dates: 1887

Letters of Bennett Blake with M. E. Campbell re: land, financial concerns and C. H. Long (5 items), 1888

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9
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: 1888

Letters from O. C. Kirven to Bennett Blake re: land and financial concerns (7 items), 1887-1888

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10
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: 1887-1888

Letters from O. C. Kirven to Bennett Blake re: land and financial concerns (6 items), 1889-1891

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
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: 1889-1891

Letters from S. J. Stuart to Bennett Blake re: land and financial concerns (11 items), 1887-1889

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
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: 1887-1889

Letters from S. J. Stuart to Bennett Blake re: land and financial concerns (10 items), 1890-1891

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
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: 1890-1891

Letters from S. J. Stuart to Bennett Blake re: land and financial concerns (7 items), 1892-1893

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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: 1892-1893