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Box 8

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Slip of paper "railroad warrants left by Bennett Blake", 8/29/1868

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 4, 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: 8/29/1868
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Eastern Texas Railroad Company papers of Bennett Blake (8 items)

Letter from George C. Greer at Beaumont to W. B. McKnight at Nacogdoches re: timber contract, 7/5/1905

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19, 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: 7/5/1905
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 items)

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