Lyne Taliaferro Barret papers, 1836-1966.

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Lyne Taliaferro Barret papers, 1836-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70956198

Correspondence, field notes, deeds, receipts, contracts, and promissory notes of Barret, who drilled the first oil well in Texas in 1866. Includes material on the Angelina River clearance and the Confederacy and Reconstruction, and personal papers of T. Jeff and Amanda Johnson and business records of the Melrose Petroleum Oil Company.

ca. 600 items.

Stephen F. Austin State University, East Texas Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 8051491

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Johnson, Amanda, active 1849-1871

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Melrose Petroleum Oil Company

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Johnson, T. Jeff

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Barret, Lyne Taliaferro, 1832-1913

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Businessman, of Melrose, Nacogdoches County, Tex. From the description of Lyne Taliaferro Barret papers, 1836-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956198 ...