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Deaf Smith

Description: Cadastral map of Deaf Smith County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, creeks, capitol land reservation, and the edge of the Staked Plain. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: February 10, 1881
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[Letter to Will Stith, April 10, 1909]

Description: Letter to Will Stith discussing an ordinance delivered to Morgan Jones by the city of Abilene. This gives authority to the railway company to construct tracks and switches throughout Abilene. Terms and conditions of the agreement are explained and the writer explains that if Jones wishes the ordinance to be amended, he should prepare the amendment and deliver it to Stith.
Date: April 10, 1909
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[Letter to E. P. Ripley, June 10, 1909]

Description: Letter to E. P. Ripley discussing errors made Ripley made in a previous letter regarding railroad routes and towns. The writer discusses his efforts to prevent a railroad being constructed through Abilene and contracts that were circulating among the attorneys. The writer reminds Ripley of previous statements he made about waiting to build the railroad. The writer uses his own grocery store as an example of businesses to be protected in Abilene.
Date: June 10, 1909
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[Letter to E. P. Ripley, June 10, 1909]

Description: Letter to E. P. Ripley pointing out discrepancies in his speech about building towns around his railroads instead of building railroads in established towns. The writer describes the work put in to secure rights of way through Abilene for Ripley's railroad construction. The writer reminds Ripley of a promise made by his chief engineer to begin immediate construction if sufficient funds were obtained. However, the writer states that Ripley's company instead began negotiations to build in Brownwo… more
Date: June 10, 1909
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[Portrait of the Hairfield Family]

Description: Portrait of the family of Charles R. Hairfield, who was president of Hardin-Simmons University from 1901 to 1902. Charles and Maggie Hairfield stand behind their children in the back row while Jack, Baxter, and Virginia Hairfield, who holds a small dog in her arms, stand in the front row.
Date: June 10, 1913
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