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	 <titlestmt> 
		<titleproper>A Guide to the William G. Hale Papers,
		  1819-1931</titleproper> 
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		<publisher>Center for American History</publisher> 
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		<date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="20070507">May 2007</date>
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	 <head>Descriptive Summary</head> 
	 <origination label="Creator"> 
		<persname encodinganalog="700" source="lcnaf">Hale, William
		  George</persname></origination> 
	 <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245">William G. Hale
		Papers</unittitle> 
	 <unitdate>1819-1931</unitdate> 
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		  <corpname encodinganalog="710" source="lcnaf"><subarea>Center for
			 American History, </subarea>The University of Texas at
			 Austin</corpname></extref> </repository> <langmaterial label="Language">
	 <language langcode="eng">English</language> </langmaterial> 
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	 <head>Biographical Note</head><p>William George Hale (1922-1976) was an
		attorney in Galveston, Texas. He served as attorney for Peter's Colony, and as
		counsel for the Mixed Commission on British and American Claims.</p> 
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	 <head>Scope and Contents</head> 
	 <p>Correspondence, legal, and financial records and printed material relate
		to William George Hale and his law practice with Ebenezer Allen in Galveston,
		Texas. The papers document land transactions and disputes, estate matters,
		lawsuits, and other legal transactions</p> 
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	 <head>Cite as:</head> 
	 <p>William G. Hale Papers, 1819-1931, Center for American History, The
		University of Texas at Austin.</p> 
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		<head>Persons:</head> 
		<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Allen, Ebenezer, d.
		  1863</subject> 
		<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Hale, William George,
		  1822-1876</subject> 
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	 <controlaccess> 
		<head>Subjects:</head> 
		<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Mixed Commission on British
		  and American Claims--History--Sources</subject> 
		<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Galveston
		  (Tex.)--History--Sources.</subject> 
		<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Travis County
		  (Tex.)--History--19th century--Sources.</subject> 
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		  <unittitle>Inventory</unittitle> 
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			 <unittitle>Letters and legal papers:</unittitle> 
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		  <c03> 
			 <did><container type="box">2D52</container> 
				<unittitle>
				  <unitdate>1819-1848</unitdate></unittitle> 
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		  <c03> 
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				<unittitle>
				  <unitdate>1849-1850</unitdate></unittitle> 
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		  </c03> 
		  <c03> 
			 <did><container type="box">2D257</container> 
				<unittitle>
				  <unitdate>1851-1857</unitdate></unittitle> 
			 </did> 
		  </c03> 
		  <c03> 
			 <did><container type="box">2D258</container> 
				<unittitle>
				  <unitdate>1858-1865</unitdate></unittitle> 
			 </did> 
		  </c03> 
		  <c03> 
			 <did><container type="box">2D259</container> 
				<unittitle>
				  <unitdate>1866-1879</unitdate></unittitle> 
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		  </c03> 
		  <c03> 
			 <did><container type="box">2D260</container> 
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				  <unitdate>1880-1928, undated</unitdate></unittitle> 
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				  <unitdate>Undated</unitdate></unittitle> 
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				<unittitle>Warren D.C. Hall grant, </unittitle> 
				<unitdate>1831-1876, 1928, 1931</unitdate> 
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					 <unitdate>1847-1887</unitdate></unittitle> 
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					 <unitdate>1834, 1868-1871</unitdate></unittitle> 
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