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[Letters Thomas Mitchell Campbell to William John Bryan, June 18, 1909-June 30, 1909]

Description: Letters from Texas Governor Thomas Mitchell Campbell to William John Bryan discussing previous correspondence on railroad construction regulation, Edward P. Ripley denying claims against himself, and an editorial published in a newspaper.
Date: 1909-06-18/1909-06-30
Creator: Campbell, Thomas Mitchell
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from William John Bryan to the Texas Governor, June 16, 1909]

Description: Letter from William John Bryan to the governor of Texas requesting the state have stronger railroad regulatory laws. The letter particularly addresses the feelings of the people of Abilene.
Date: June 16, 1909
Creator: Bryan, William John
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from A. W. Weatherford to William John Bryan, February 7, 1909]

Description: Letter from A. W. Weatherford to William John Bryan discussing Bryan's recent successful speech and suggesting that Bryan push to have Tom McCleere appointed a member of the "Live Stock Sanitarion Board". The letter is headed by an illustration of a building with the title, "Texas Anchor Fence Co.".
Date: February 7, 1909
Creator: Weatherford, A. W.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from W. B. Storey to Henry Sayles, June 1, 1909]

Description: Letter from W. B. Storey to Mr. Henry Sayles discussing a newspaper clipping about a meeting between the two men regarding the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System doing business in Abilene, Texas.
Date: June 1, 1909
Creator: Storey, William B.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Morris B. Locke to Henry Sayles, June 2, 1909]

Description: Letter from Morris B. Locke, president of the Colorado, Texas, & Mexico Railroad Company of Oklahoma, to Henry Sayles discussing a railroad extension to Abilene, Texas.
Date: June 2, 1909
Creator: Locke, Morris B.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from David T. Bomar to Sayles & Sayles, January 8, 1909]

Description: Letter from David T. Bomar to Sayles & Sayles discussing a copy of a judgement, likely relating to the case Ballinger & Abilene Railway vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church, and a deed, to be made out to Morgan Jones.
Date: January 8, 1909
Creator: Bomar, David T.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter to E. P. Ripley, June 10, 1909]

Description: Letter to E. P. Ripley discussing errors made Ripley made in a previous letter regarding railroad routes and towns. The writer discusses his efforts to prevent a railroad being constructed through Abilene and contracts that were circulating among the attorneys. The writer reminds Ripley of previous statements he made about waiting to build the railroad. The writer uses his own grocery store as an example of businesses to be protected in Abilene.
Date: June 10, 1909
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter to Thomas Trammell, July 7, 1909]

Description: Letter to Thomas Trammell discussing the route of a proposed Texas & Pacific railroad between Coleman and Post City and stating that the writer suggested a route through Abilene to Mr. Storey and Mr. Ripley. The back of the paper has Sayles & Sayles letterhead printed on it.
Date: July 7, 1909
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from T. M. Campbell to E. P. Ripley, June 4, 1909]

Description: Letter from T. M. Campbell to E. P. Ripley discussing the expansion of national railroads into Texas, and specifically a line proposed by Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Date: June 4, 1909
Creator: Campbell, Thomas Mitchell, 1856-1923
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Henry Sayles, October 2, 1909]

Description: Letter from I. H. Kempner to Henry Sayles discussing Morgan Jones building what is likely a railroad, parallel to the Santa Fe between Abilene and San Angelo, Texas.
Date: October 2, 1909
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from E. W. Ledbetter to T. N. Carswell - May 22, 1945]

Description: A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell from E. W. Ledbetter, Secretary-Treasurer of Hardin-Simmons University dated May 22, 1945. Ledbetter advises that Mr. J. C. Hunter has called a meeting of the Hardin-Simmons Board of Trustees May 28.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: Ledbetter, E. W.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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