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[Receipt for Taylor County Taxes, 1905]

Receipt for property taxes for Taylor County, paid by Henry Sayles, Sr. for the year 1905. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property and an inventory of taxes paid.

Date: January 31, 1906

Creator: Crawford, Baylor

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Receipt for Poll Taxes Paid by Henry Sayles, 1904]

Receipt for the poll tax paid by Henry Sayles for the year 1904. The receipt lists Sayles' race, occupation, age, and the number of years he resided in Texas, Taylor County, and the City of Abilene.

Date: January 31, 1905

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from B. F. Terry, October 16, 1909]

Letter from B. F. Terry informing the recipient that Morgan Jones and his associates were at the Wichita Falls Water & Light Plant and quickly hurried through the facility. Terry asks the recipient if he knows of anything that might explain why Jones did this.

Date: October 16, 1909

Creator: Terry, B. F.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Henry Sayles to I. H. Kempner, September 11, 1908]

Letter from Henry Sayles to I. H. Kempner regarding the selling of his stock or interest in land in Lee County. Sayles does not want to lose control of the stock or sell it for less than what it's worth. Sayles lists the profits that could be made from the Wichita Water & Light Company. The two are waiting on a president to be elected for the company.

Date: September 11, 1908

Creator: Sayles, Henry

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from L. C. Hinckley to Henry Sayles, March 25, 1906]

Letter from L. C. Hinckley to Henry Sayles discussing taxes paid on land he owns.

Date: March 25, 1906

Creator: Hinckley, L. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Henry Sayles, September 8, 1909]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Henry Sayles delivering copies of a letter.

Date: September 8, 1909

Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1908]

Receipt for taxes paid to the City of Abilene by Henry Sayles, Sr. for the year 1908. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property and an inventory of taxes paid.

Date: January 26, 1909

Creator: Leake, C. W.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Deed to Will Stith, Chairman of the Railroad Committee of Abilene, Texas

Document certifying the sale of property to Will Stith for the purpose of building, operating and maintaining a railroad. This document appears to be a template, having blank spaces to fill in the county, name of the seller, and date.

Date: 1908

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter to Texas Central Railroad Company, March 7, 1906]

Letter to Texas Central Railroad Company stating the company is building a road bed across land belonging to the writer's mother without her approval. The writer informs the Company that work is to cease immediately or the matter will be taken to court.

Date: March 7, 1906

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Relinquishing of Land Rights Over to Mary E. Sayles]

Signed document from relatives of Mary E. Sayles relinquishing all of their rights to the Austin and Williams land onto her.

Date: March 15, 1905

Creator: Sayles, Henry; Sayles, Emma H.; Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie); Harris, George C.; Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, B. G. et al.

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1907]

Receipt for property taxes paid to San Jacinto County by Hattie Sayles for the year 1907. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property in San Jacinto County and an inventory of taxes paid.

Date: January 28, 1908

Creator: Hale, W. B.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from R. C. Reagan to Henry Sayles, July 2,1909]

Letter from R. C. Reagan to Henry Sayles discussing that the Fred A. Jones company would be glad to do the engineering work for the railroad Sayles is wanting to build.

Date: July 2, 1909

Creator: Reagan, R. C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter to W. C. Preston, October 23, 1909]

Letter to W. C. Preston stating the land between Abilene and Comanche. The writer states that the people of Abilene are favorable towards Preston's railroad more than any other in the state and believe it can handle their freight.

Date: October 23, 1909

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from J. A. Kemp to Henry Sayles, October 5,1909]

Letter from J. A. Kemp to Henry Sayles in which Kemp encloses a copy of the contract with the M K & T Ry Company.

Date: October 5, 1909

Creator: Kemp, J. A.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Sayles & Sayles to Taylor County News, June 25,1909]

Letter from Sayles & Sayles to Taylor County News discussing the copies of citations Sayles & Sayles would like published for 4 weeks.

Date: June 25, 1909

Creator: Sayles & Sayles

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Henry Sayles, June 8, 1900]

Letter from Henry Sayles confirming the amount to the credit of M. McAlpine is $40.00.

Date: June 8, 1900

Creator: Sayles, Henry

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Last Will and Testament of Mary E. Sayles, October 16, 1906]

Last will and testament of Mary E. Sayles, in which she bequeaths much of her property to her daughters, Mary and Emma Sayles, and names her son and her son-in-law, Henry Sayles and George C. Harris, as the executors of the will. The document is not hand-signed and has the word, "copy.", typed in the header.

Date: October 16, 1907

Creator: Sayles, Mary E.

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Subpoena for J. H. Miller, Hannah Miller, A. K. Levy and their Unknown Heirs]

Subpoena issued by the Taylor County sheriff's office requiring J. H. Miller, Hannah Miller, A. K. Levy and the unknown heirs of J. H. Miller, Hannah Miller, and A. K. Levy to appear in court to answer the petition of Abilene & Southern Railway Company in cause no. 2827. This document appears to be a draft and there are handwritten corrections to the text.

Date: June 24, 1909

Creator: Taylor County (Tex.)

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Affidavit in Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church connection of the United States of America at Abilene, Texas]

Affidavit sworn by John Sayles that is an attorney for Ballinger & Abilene Railroad in the condemnation proceeding, Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church connection of the United States of America at Abilene, Texas. It also states that neither he nor the railway company can procure original documents related to Lot 4 in Block 96, which is the subject of the condemnation proceedings. This document is unsigned.

Date: December 12, 1908

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter to Will Stith, December 24, 1908]

Letter to Will Stith enclosing payment for the Stith's participation in the case, Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. A.M.E. Church.

Date: December 24, 1908

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from David T. Bomar to Henry Sayles, September 1, 1909]

Letter from David T. Bomar to Henry Sayles stating he is waiting for Will Stith's return.

Date: September 1, 1909

Creator: Bomar, David T.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Receipt for Taylor County Taxes, 1906]

Receipt for taxes paid to Taylor County by Henry Sayles, Sr. for the year 1906. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property and an inventory of taxes paid.

Date: January 31, 1907

Creator: Crawford, Baylor

Item Type: Text

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Promissory Note To Morgan Jones, September 17, 1908]

Promissory note to Morgan Jones in the amount $2,000.00 due upon the "completion of the laying of standard-gauge railroad from Abilene, in a sourtherly direction across the south line of Taylor County," with an interest rate of ten percent until the note is paid. This note is unsigned.

Date: September 17, 1908

Item Type: Legal Document

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company to Nap Foster and Annie B. Foster, December 29, 1906]

Letter from Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company to Nap Foster and Annie B. Foster discussing purchasing three lots in Abilene, Texas from the Nap and Annie Foster.

Date: December 29, 1906

Creator: Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

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[Receipt for Taylor County Taxes, 1905]

[Receipt for Poll Taxes Paid by Henry Sayles, 1904]

[Letter from B. F. Terry, October 16, 1909]

[Letter from Henry Sayles to I. H. Kempner, September 11, 1908]

[Letter from L. C. Hinckley to Henry Sayles, March 25, 1906]

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Henry Sayles, September 8, 1909]

[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1908]

Deed to Will Stith, Chairman of the Railroad Committee of Abilene, Texas

[Letter to Texas Central Railroad Company, March 7, 1906]

[Relinquishing of Land Rights Over to Mary E. Sayles]

[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1907]

[Letter from R. C. Reagan to Henry Sayles, July 2,1909]

[Letter to W. C. Preston, October 23, 1909]

[Letter from J. A. Kemp to Henry Sayles, October 5,1909]

[Letter from Sayles & Sayles to Taylor County News, June 25,1909]

[Letter from Henry Sayles, June 8, 1900]

[Last Will and Testament of Mary E. Sayles, October 16, 1906]

[Subpoena for J. H. Miller, Hannah Miller, A. K. Levy and their Unknown Heirs]

[Affidavit in Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company vs. African Methodist Episcopal Church connection of the United States of America at Abilene, Texas]

[Letter to Will Stith, December 24, 1908]

[Letter from David T. Bomar to Henry Sayles, September 1, 1909]

[Receipt for Taylor County Taxes, 1906]

[Promissory Note To Morgan Jones, September 17, 1908]

[Letter from Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company to Nap Foster and Annie B. Foster, December 29, 1906]