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A Guide to the Blackburn-Townsend Family Papers
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Creator |
Blackburn-Townsend |
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Title |
Blackburn-Townsend Family Papers, |
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Dates: |
1821 (1865-1909) 1918. |
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Abstract |
Closely related to the William A. Blackburn Papers, the collection pertains to the extended Blackburn-Townsend families, family affairs, the business of several successive family law firms in Austin, land transactions, a furniture enterprise in Taylor, mining in California and Mexico, and political activities in which various members of the families participated. |
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Extent |
3 ft., 9 in.; manuscript, typescript, printed, pictorial. |
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Language |
Materials are in English. |
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Repository |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
,The University of Texas at Austin |
Closely related to the William A. Blackburn Papers, the collection pertains to the extended Blackburn-Townsend families, family affairs, the business of several successive family law firms in Austin, land transactions, a furniture enterprise in Taylor, mining in California and Mexico, and political activities in which various members of the families participated. Townsend documentation is primarily in the period 1821-1909; Blackburn documentation is primarily in the period 1830-1918. Includes correspondence, diary, account books, minute books, legal papers, docket books, literary productions, and newspaper clippings.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Blackburn Family |
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Robards, C. L. |
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Townsend Family. |
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Subjects |
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Furniture |
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Law, Practice of |
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Mines and mining |
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Real estate. |
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Places |
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Austin, Tex. |
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Taylor, Tex. |
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Texas. |
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Blackburn-Townsend Family Papers, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
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| 2H38 |
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Correspondence: |
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Townsend, 1902-1909 |
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Miscellaneous, (Townsend) 1860's |
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Miscellaneous, (Robards and Jackson) 1867-1871 |
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Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1873-1878 |
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| 2H39 |
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Correspondence: |
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Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1879-1888 |
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Pictorial Files |
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Letterheads: |
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Farm machinery, 1885 (Box 2H39 Folder #7) |
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| 2H40 |
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Correspondence: |
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Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1889-1893 |
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| 2H41 |
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Correspondence: |
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Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1894-1900 |
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| 2H42 |
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Correspondence: |
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Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) 1901-1909 |
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Miscellaneous, (Blackburn) undated |
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| 2H43 |
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Letter Presses: |
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(Robards and Jackson) 1871-1872 |
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(Smith and James) 1872-1873 |
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(Smith and Blackburn) 1873-1874 |
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| 2H44 |
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Letter Presses: |
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(Smith and Blackburn) 1875-1876 |
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(Smith and Blackburn) 1876-1877 |
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| 2H45 |
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Letter Presses: |
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(Smith and Blackburn) 1879-1880 |
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(Smith and Blackburn) 1882-1885 |
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| 2H46 |
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Financial records, Townsend family, 1869-1909 |
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Financial records, miscellaneous, 1885-1907 |
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Financial records, miscellaneous, 1885-1909 |
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| 2.116/OD 1220 |
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Clippings |
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Printed material, pictorial, correspondence |
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