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[Letter from R. H. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - January 2, 1946] (open access)

[Letter from R. H. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - January 2, 1946]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from R. H. Johnson, R. H. Johnson & Co. Investment Securities, New York 5, N. Y., dated January 2, 1946. Johnson expresses his appreciation for the letter and tie received from Carswell for Christmas. He asks how Carswell knew he was interested in boxing then recalls when he was at West Point and was the welterweight boxing champion. He continues with an advisement to Carswell regarding the changes he will make to his account in order for him to not be required to pay a tax on profits in 1945.
Date: January 2, 1946
Creator: Johnson, Rupert H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Travel Agent Appointment Agreement between Harry T. Strong, The United Fruit Company and T. N. Carswell, Carswell Agency] (open access)

[Travel Agent Appointment Agreement between Harry T. Strong, The United Fruit Company and T. N. Carswell, Carswell Agency]

A travel agent appointment agreement between The United Fruit Company, Pier 3, North River, New York 6, N. Y., signed by Harry T. Strong and Carswell Agency, Abilene, Texas, by T. N. Carswell, dated November 2, 1949. Signed by J. B. Dalton, witness.
Date: November 2, 1949
Creator: Strong, Harry T.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. H. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - April 2, 1952] (open access)

[Letter from R. H. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - April 2, 1952]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Rupert, R. H. Johnson & Co. Investment Securities, New York 5, N. Y., dated April 2, 1952. Johnson advises of his inability to find any information on Drilling & Exploration, Inc. stock noting there may be another name for the same company. He suggests a few options on buying French francs offering any help he can give and inquires if Carswell knows anyone with a good entre to Senator Kerr of Oklahoma as he is anxious to meet him. Johnson handwrites in a postscript that he has just heard that a new issue of this stock (Drilling & Exploration, Inc.) is coming out in the amount of 400,000 shares but does not know the price.
Date: April 2, 1952
Creator: Johnson, Rupert H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History