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James Knight and Walter C. White papers,

Knight, James, 1787-1858.

James Knight and Walter C. White papers, 1825-1867 (bulk 1831-1846). - 70 items. 1 1 container plus oversize. 2.2 linear feet.

Open to research.

Correspondence and financial, legal, and real estate papers relating chiefly to the real estate and business partnership of James Knight and Walter C. White in Fort Bend County, Texas. Includes a hand drawn map of the county showing plots of land with names of their owners.

"Old Three Hundred" colonists and land grantees from Stephen F. Austin's colony in Texas.

Collection material in English and Spanish.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009235

LCCN: mm2001084818

Subjects--Personal Names:
Austin, Stephen F. 1793-1836.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Landowners--Texas--Fort Bend County--Maps.
Pioneers--Texas--Fort Bend County.
Real property--Texas--Fort Bend County.
Real property--Texas--Fort Bend County--Maps.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Fort Bend County (Tex.)--Commerce.
Fort Bend County (Tex.)--History.
Fort Bend County (Tex.)--Maps.
Texas--Commerce.
Texas--History--To 1846.

Index Terms--Occupation:
Colonists.