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Box 8

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Dues account for 1866-1867 of Bennett Blake with Milam Masonic Lodge no.2, circa 1867

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 1, 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: circa 1867
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Freemasonry papers Bennett Blake (3 items)

Warrant no.93, Office of the Eastern Texas Railroad Co. to Nancy Hamilton, 7/13/1861

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4, 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: 7/13/1861
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Eastern Texas Railroad Company papers of Bennett Blake (8 items)

Exchange certificate no.497 from the Confederate depositary at Marshall, TX to Bennett Blake for exchanging $300 of "old issue" treasury notes for $200 of "new issue" treasury notes, 12/24/1864

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 5, 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: 12/24/1864
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Miscellaneous papers of Bennett Blake and family (4 items)

"A Financial Project"

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 6, 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: 1875, undated
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Texas Constitutional Convention papers of Bennett Blake (5 items)

Rental contract between the Trustees of Nacogdoches University and Bennett Blake for the "Red House", 6/19/1845

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Item: 2
Scope and Contents From the File:

Blake served as treasurer and as a trustee of Nacogdoches University.

Dates: 6/19/1845
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Nacogdoches University papers of Bennett Blake (5 items)

Letter from M. A. Watson at Orange, TX to W. B. McKnight at Nacogdoches re: McIver tract, 1/3/1910

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 24, 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: 1/3/1910
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters of W. B. McKnight (6 items)

Postcard from Clayton Blake to W. B. McKnight re: shingles, heart and sap for sale, 9/9/1904

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19, 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: 9/9/1904
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 items)

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