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[Copy of Legal Complaint from Mary E. Sayles]

Description: Copy of a legal complaint in which the plaintiff, Mary E. Sayles, disputes land rights between herself and the defendants, G. R. Pierce, J. H. Pierce and J. C. Maxwell with intentions to sue for the title and rights to the specified properties. A second copy of the document received by the Pierces is included, on which a response from the Pierces accepting the citation and agreeing to file answer is handwritten.
Date: March 22, 1899
Creator: Texas

[Letter from J.W. Ward to K.K. Legett - December 22, 1899]

Description: Letter written to K.K. Legett in Abilene Texas from J.W. Ward, Division Superintendent at the Texas and Pacific Railway Company. The letter says: "In reference to your letters to Maj. Abrams relative to a crossing near Elmdale, have instructed Mr. Stamper, our Roadmaster, to meet you at Abilene Dec. 27th., and go over the situation with you."
Date: October 22, 1899
Creator: Ward, J. W.

[Special Warranty Deed, African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of American at Abilene, Texas to Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company]

Description: Document certifying the transfer of the property, Lot 4 of Block 96 in Abilene, Texas, from African Methodist Episcopal Church Connection of the United States of American at Abilene, Texas to Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company. This deed was signed and filed in Taylor County, Texas.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Jordan, B. F.; Henry, Ed; Brown, W. B. & Duncan, Jordan

[Deed Transferring Land from Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles, and Henry Sayles, Jr.]

Description: Deed transferring land from Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles, and Henry Sayles, Jr.. There are four transfers within the deed, concering land in Taylor County; Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Mac Sayles, Henry Sayles and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Seth Sayles, Henry Sayles to Henry Sayles, Jr., and Henry Sayles, Jr. to Henry Sayles.
Date: March 22, 1913
Creator: Sayles, Henry & Sayles, Henry, Jr.

[Letter from Senator Morris Sheppard to T. N. Carswell - May 22, 1915]

Description: A letter addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, President Senior Class, Simmons College from Morris Sheppard, United States Senate, dated May 22, 1915. The letter is typewritten on U.S. Senate letterhead. Sheppard accepts an invitation from Simmons College to attend their Alumni Banquet. This item was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: May 22, 1915
Creator: Sheppard, Morris

[Letter from John H. Page to Dock Dilworth Parramore, October 22, 1917]

Description: Letter from John H. Page & Company to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing advice on legal technicalities regarding the corporate existence of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company and the water rights to the Cienega Ditch property. A handwritten note on the back of the last page reads, "Letter in regard to water rights and keeping ditch open. D. D. P."
Date: October 22, 1917
Creator: Page, John H.
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