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[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin regarding investment in California]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin, in which he forwards a letter he had previously written to colleagues in Missouri regarding investment opportunities in California. Austin further proposes that the Mexican government, as part of broader colonization efforts, complete construction of a canal or wagon road that connects the Colorado River in California to the Missouri River.
Date: 1828?
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from the Intercoastal Canal Association, January 25, 1963]

Description: Letter from Manger T. Ball and Dale Miller discussing budget estimates for the Intercoastal Canal Association and their strong opposition to new waterway tolls enacted by the Kennedy Administration.
Date: January 25, 1963
Creator: Ball, Munger T. & Miller, Dale
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from H. D. Dodgen to Allen Wright, April 6, 1959]

Description: Letter from H. D. Dodgen of the Texas Game and Fish Commission to Allen Wright discussing controversy around the several Commission projects, including Rollover Fish Pass on Bolivar Peninsula, a quail hatchery in Smith County, and development of the Substrata Acoustic Probe. Dodgen explains the purpose and efficacy of these projects and refutes claims that the Commission has been spending irresponsibly.
Date: April 6, 1959
Creator: Dodgen, H. D.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Ray I. Mehan to Jesse H. Oppenheimer, February 26, 1954]

Description: Letter from Ray I. Mehan to Jesse H. Oppenheimer discussing in detail about the comments provided for several deeds covering the various properties of Texas Cotton Industries, Barstow Farm Company, and Grandfalls Farms.
Date: February 26, 1954
Creator: Mehan, Ray I.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Harris Kempner Oppenheimer to Harris Leon Kempner, April 4, 1962]

Description: Letter from Harris Kempner Oppenheimer to Harris Leon Kempner regarding Goldsmith's request of getting the charts of the Inter Coastal canal from Houston to Brownsville as he already checked with the local engineers and they advised him that only Galveston office would have those. He also mentioned that is they're available there would be a charge and requested him to tell the amount.
Date: April 4, 1962
Creator: Oppenheimer, Harris Kempner
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Harris Kempner Oppenheimer, April 5, 1962]

Description: Letter from Arthur M. Alpert to Harris Kempner Oppenheimer regarding the memo and mentions that he couldn't find the chart of the canal from Houston to Brownsville, but he found the one from Port Arthur to Brownsville so he included that under a different cover which is a total of one dollar.
Date: April 5, 1962
Creator: Alpert, Arthur M.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris, May 8, 1945]

Description: Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner discussing why he has not been writing and enclosing a call for a meeting with subjects of interest marked and discussing the application for a canal line.
Date: May 8, 1945
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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