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[Warrant to appraisers, February 19, 1908]

Description: Warrant to appraisers commanding O.R. Tanner and F.H. Anderson to perform an appraisal of the property of Bob Perryman, deceased. It contains a list of all Bob Perryman's property, including real estate and personal property including furniture, bachelor stove, horses, buggy, etc.
Date: February 19, 1908
Creator: Gayle, F. P.
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[Letter from A. A. Glisson to Claude D. White, September 23, 1908]

Description: Letter from A. A. Glisson of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company to Claude D. White discussing rates and routes for Mr. White to travel to Blair, Oklahoma. The letter is typed on the company's letterhead, and there is a graph on the left side of the page titled "Profile of Fort Worth & Denver City and Colorado & Southern Railways, Showing Altitudes attained enroute from Texas to Colorado." A map of the Denver Road printed on the back. There is an envelope addressed to Mr. C. D. White i… more
Date: September 23, 1908
Creator: Glisson, A. A.
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[Letter from Earl P. Hopkins, February 15, 1908]

Description: Letter from Earl P. Hopkins to Claude D. White regarding a question from Mr. White about promoting from Second to First Grade positions in the Custom House Service. The letter is typed on the letterhead of the Washington Civil Service School, which provides correspondence courses to prepare for Federal Civil Service Examinations. Mr. Hopkins is the president of the school. There is a return envelope addressed to Earl P. Hopkins, Pres., 507 E Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. The envelope that th… more
Date: February 15, 1908
Creator: Hopkins, Earl P.
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[Letter from Earl P. Hopkins to Claude D. White, February 26, 1908]

Description: Letter from Earl P. Hopkins, President of the Washington Civil Service School, to Claude D. White regarding Mr. White's application to take training courses by mail through the school in preparation for a civil service examination. The letter is typed on the school's letterhead. The envelope that the letter was sent in is addressed to Mr. Claude D. White, McKinney, Texas, Box 25, and it is postmarked Washington, D. C., February 26, 1908. There are some handwritten notes in pencil on the back. T… more
Date: February 26, 1908
Creator: Hopkins, Earl P.
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[Letter from Earl P. Hopkins to Claude D. White, September 9, 1908]

Description: Letter from Earl P. Hopkins, President of the Washington Civil Service School, to Claude D. White regarding some training materials that should have been sent to him. The letter is typed on the school's letterhead. mMr. White is taking correspondence courses through the school to prepare for a civil service examination. Included with the letter is a small piece of paper with a notice that student numbers must be put on each test so that it can be graded. The envelope that the letter was sent in… more
Date: September 9, 1908
Creator: Hopkins, Earl P.
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[Affidavit, April 27, 1908]

Description: Affidavit stating that Bob Perryman, who made Desert Entry No. 1354 at Roswell New Mexico Land Office on January 2, 1904 is dead. He was unmarried, his mother was dead at the time of his death and his only heirs are his father, Levi Perryman, his brother Elbert W. Perryman, his half brother P.M. Price, and his sisters Kate Caddel and Linnie Stalworth. It was notarized by S.H. Hoskins. An additional small sheet was notarized by J.M. Bowers.
Date: April 27, 1908
Creator: Hoskins, S. H.
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A Set of Six

Description: Collection of fictional short stories written by Joseph Conrad including "A Romantic Tale" (Gaspar Ruiz), "An Ironic Tale" (The Informer), "An Indignant Tale" (The Brute), "A Desperate Tale" (An Anarchist), "A Military Tale" (The Duel), and "A Pathetic Tale" (Il Conde). The publisher's catalog is printed at the end of the book.
Date: 1908
Creator: Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924
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[Letter from Birdie McGee to Mary Ann Moore and Claude and Linnet White, September 22, 1908]

Description: Letter from Birdie McGee to Mary Ann Moore (who she address as Aunt Mollie) and Claude and Linnet White discussing recent news, family and friends, the weather, sewing clothes, and how she wishes they could come for a visit. There is an envelope addressed to Mrs. Claude D. White, McKinney, Texas, and it is postmarked Nashville, Tennessee on September 24, 1908.
Date: September 22, 1908
Creator: McGee, Birdie
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[Dolores Gonzalez and Rafael Arzáte, marriage certificate]

Description: Marriage certificate for Pedro J. Gonzalez's half-sister Dolores Gonzalez and Rafael Arzáte. On the front of the page, an illustration of an eagle biting a snake has been printed between the title "Estado de Xhihuahua" and a wide text column. The back of the page contains a text column printed above a circular seal and a signature.
Date: March 1, 1908
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
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[Letter from Emmett Patton to Levi Perryman, March 7, 1908]

Description: Letter from Emmett Patton of Law Office of Patton & Gibbany, Roswell, New Mexico to Levi Perryman discussing land and other property owned by Bob Perryman and how it should be disposed of. Some of the land needed to have improvements made immediately or it would be taken away, some had been only partially paid for and other plots were jointly owned with others. Letter actually addressed to "Leroy" Perryman, but the letters "roy" are partially erased.
Date: March 7, 1908
Creator: Patton, Emmett
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