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Annual Reception Bay View Club September 26, 1917

Description: Guest registry book for a reception at the Bay View Club in 1917; each page of the book contains the handwritten names of each person that was in attendance. Also included in the record is an envelope containing the ribbon that ties the booklet together.
Date: September 26, 1917
Creator: Bay View Club
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: City of Grapevine

[Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner]

Description: Original chattel mortgage document of agreement between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner. The agreement states that Bonnell will secure his debt to Schreiner that amounts to a total of $5,000 by conveying his "entire flock of goats" and "entire flock of sheep" as collateral until he is able to pay the debt that is to be due on November 1, 1917. Later in the agreement there is a statement that says Schreiner has full authority to sell of the property if Bonnell is not able to pay off the de… more
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Leavell, J. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library

[Copy of a Chattel Mortgage Agreement Between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner]

Description: Copy of a chattel mortgage agreement made between W. H. Bonnell and Charles Schreiner acknowledging the debt owed to Schreiner by Bonnell. According to the document Bonnell has a debt totaled at $5,000 to be paid by November 1, 1917; as collateral, Bonnell is putting up his entire flock of goats and sheep to Schreiner if the debt was not able to be paid off. The document stipulates that Schreiner would have authority to sell off said property if Bonnell was not able to pay off the debt.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Leavell, J. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, August 6, 1917]

Description: A letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his family back home describing his trip through New York City, New York in 1917. Clay tells about his going to plays and staying in different places, all while having virtually no money. This also contains the envelope in which the letter was delivered in.
Date: August 6, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, August 1917]

Description: Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother and family back home regarding his travels to St. Louis, Missouri. Clay says that they are on a train about three hours away from St. Louis but does not know about when they will travel to New York. Clay also tries to comfort his mother and tells her that she should be happy.
Date: August 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Family, Fall 1917]

Description: A letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother and family back home regarding his financial situation while in New York City, New York. Clay had to spend a lot of money on equipment that his lieutenant told him he must buy, later Clay spends a few pages asking his mother to be proud of him for going off to fight for a good cause.
Date: Winter 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Folks, October 2, 1917]

Description: Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his "folks" back home considering his current condition in England. Not much had happened since the previous letter but it is getting colder; Clay says that Captain Cousins told them they might become captains soon, and he feels that America is getting its act together rapidly.
Date: October 2, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother, November 13, 1917]

Description: Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother on her birthday. Most of the first page is dedicated to his love for her but Clay returns to talking about his flight training. Clay ends by addressing the letter that his mom had sent two months earlier in which she talked about a nightmare she had.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas

[Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his Mother, October 16, 1917]

Description: Letter from Henry Clay, Jr. to his mother regarding the receiving of letters back and forth. Clay asks about people back home including Jack who took a physical per joining the military; in England Clay had just been ordered to get a tailored suit. Finally he asks again to not worry about him while he is away.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Clay, Henry, Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: The University of Texas at Dallas
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