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[Agreement from Mark Marx and Harris Kempner, April 16, 1884]

Description: Agreement from Mark Marx and Harris Kempner certifying they have paid a sum of $1,000 to Fancher and Priest for a property, but withheld $200 for the purposes of paying taxes on the property and agreeing to pay the remaining $200 once the taxes on the land have been paid.
Date: April 16, 1884
Creator: Marx, Mark; Kempner, Harris, 1837-1894 & Edmundson, J. W.
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Letter from Burrow & Kincaid to Mark Marx & Harris Kempner, April 9, 1884]

Description: Letter from Burrow & Kincaid to Mark Marx & Harris Kempner enclosing the abstract of the D. M. Burke survey and informing them they received their letter with the two decrees, but that it did not include the decree ordering the sale by Hal G. Runnels, and thus could not give them an unqualified opinion of the title.
Date: April 9, 1884
Creator: Burrow & Kincaid
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[H. Kempner, Fine, Horseback Speed Ticket]

Description: Transcription and two copies of court record no. 116, The Mayor, Aldermen and Harris Kempner, in which Kempner was charged with the offense of "running through the streets of Houston on horseback at a rate quicker than 5 miles an hour." Kempner was brought into court and, after evidence was presented, ordered to pay a fine of $5.00 plus the cost of the court for this offense.
Date: May 1888
Creator: Ander, William
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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