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Box 8

 Container

Contains 71 Results:

Notes on the Bill of Rights

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

List of subscribers that will pay rent for the "Red House", 5/29/1845

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Dates: 5/29/1845
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Nacogdoches University 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)

Articles of agreement between the Trustees of Nacogdoches University and Bennett Blake for rent of the "Red House", 6/19/1845

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Item: 3
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)

Statement of lands held by the trustees of Nacogdoches University, from Bennett Blake's treasurer's report, 1845

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Item: 4
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

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

Nacogdoches Co. deed for a house and land from Bennett Blake to the trustees of Nacogdoches University for cash and land, 8/15/1846

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 7, Item: 5
Scope and Contents From the File:

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

Dates: 8/15/1846
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Nacogdoches University papers of Bennett Blake (5 items)

Letter from Mary Hamilton Crump at Frederick, OK to W. B. McKnight (8 pages), 9/20/1909

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 24, Item: 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: 9/20/1909
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters of W. B. McKnight (6 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)

Letter from lawyers Ingraham and Hodges to W. B. McKnight re: collecting money on the Childers case, 2/26/1910

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 24, 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: 2/26/1910
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters of W. B. McKnight (6 items)

Letter from land agents Gilbert and Smith to W. B. McKnight re: McIver tract, 3/22/1910

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 24, 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: 3/22/1910
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters of W. B. McKnight (6 items)

Letter from Edward A. Blount to the Nacogdoches County Commissioners Court re: selling his lot in Nacogdoches for $6,500 to the town for a new courthouse (includes pencil map), 8/15/1910

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 24, Items: 5-6
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: 8/15/1910
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters of W. B. McKnight (6 items)

Letter from E. T. Allen at Rosebud, TX to W. B. McKnight re: cutting timber (2 pages), 3/19/1904

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19, Item: 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: 3/19/1904
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 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)

Letter from a person at Quitman, TX to W. B. McKnight at Nacogdoches re: land, 10/6/1904

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19, 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: 10/6/1904
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 items)

Postcard from J. H. Brown to W. B. McKnight re: meeting up after the arrival of the "Boll Weevil", 12/14/1904

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19, 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: 12/14/1904
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 items)

Letter from James Perkins to W. B. McKnight re: timber contract with George C. Greer, 6/30/1905

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19, Item: 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: 6/30/1905
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters to W. B. McKnight (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)

Letter from M. A. Watson at Orange, TX to W. B. McKnight at Nacogdoches re: timber contract with George C. Greer, 7/6/1905

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19, Item: 7
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: 7/6/1905
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 items)

Letter from J. W. Murph at Linn Flat, TX to W. B. McKnight re: giving the members of a black church at Linn Flat two years to move their building because it is on McKnight land, 10/1/1905

 Item — Box: 8, Folder: 19, 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: 10/1/1905
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8 / Letters to W. B. McKnight (8 items)

School fund papers of Bennett Blake (9 items), 1858

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence from teachers and a contract.

Dates: 1858
Found in: East Texas Research Center / Bennett Blake Papers / Box 8

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