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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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[Letter from S.V. Proudgt to Bob Perryman, September 12, 1908]

Description: Letter from S. V. Proudgt, Assistant Commissioner, to Bob Perryman, assignee of John W. Short stating that the claim that Bob Perryman had made to land 140 miles southwest of Boonville, Missouri was rejected because there was no proof that the John W. Short he purchased the land from was the same person who had been awarded the land on August 7, 1866 for military service.
Date: September 12, 1908
Creator: Proudgt, S. V.
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[Tax Receipt for Levi Perryman,1899]

Description: Record of receipt for taxes recorded Office of Collector of Taxes for the year 1899. The statement near the top of the page says "Received of Levi Perryman the following amounts in payment of State, School and County Taxes for the year A.D. 1899, on Personal Property and the following described Real Estate"; it is followed by a list including abstract numbers, survey numbers, original grantees, and number of acres. Totals are listed in the upper-right corner of the page.
Date: January 13, 1900
Creator: Whaley, M. H.
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[United States Land Office Deed, September 20, 1902]

Description: United States Land Office, Department of the Interior, deed to Willis David of Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico for the reclamation of desert land. He paid $20.00 for 80 acres of arid land. Desert Lands acts of 1877 and 1891 provided for the sales of arid lands with the buyers' promise to develop the land through irrigation.
Date: 1902
Creator: Leland, Howard
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[United States Land Office Deed, January 2, 1904]

Description: Deed from the United States Land Office, Department of the Interior, for Bob Perryman of Dexter, Chaves County, New Mexico. The property, 156.67 acres, was bought for $39.17. The Desert Lands Acts of 1877 and 1891, under which this land deal was made possible, was designed to sell arid land with the condition that the buyer develop the property and irrigate it.
Date: January 2, 1904
Creator: Leland, Howard
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[Mortgage Deed, May 16, 1906]

Description: Mortgage deed between Bob Perryman and the Fruitland Company that is dated May 16, 1906. Bob Perryman paid $400.00 for land in Chaves County, Territory of New Mexico. The land is described. Two pieces of paper have been attached near the base of the form from the First National Bank of Roswell for $200.00 each in payment to the Fruitland Company.
Date: May 16, 1906
Creator: Gayle, F. P.
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