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[Letter from Will B. Munson to E. R. Lake, August 9, 1913] (open access)

[Letter from Will B. Munson to E. R. Lake, August 9, 1913]

Photocopy of a letter from Will B. Munson to E. R. Lake discussing Munson Nurseries records of Gold Dust peaches, stating they first planted five trees in 1906 which they obtained from R. J. Bagby & Sons Proprietors in New Haven, Missouri. Munson also state T. V. Munson was not the originator of Gold Dust peaches, but they were likely one the first in Texas to list the variety.
Date: August 9, 1913
Creator: Munson, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Will B. Munson, August 13, 1913] (open access)

[Letter to Will B. Munson, August 13, 1913]

Photocopy of a letter from "Assistant Pomologist" to Will B. Munson discussing the Gold Dust peach variety.
Date: August 13, 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Will B. Munson, August 22, 1914] (open access)

[Letter to Will B. Munson, August 22, 1914]

Photocopy of a letter to Will B. Munson discussing changes to the fruit district boundary lines in Texas on the American Pomological Society chart of the United States and Canada and requesting Munson make a list of varieties suitable in the newly proposed district No. 11.
Date: August 22, 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson, August 2, 1892] (open access)

[Letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson, August 2, 1892]

Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson inviting J. T. to a 'grape-tasting' at his home on August 3, 1892.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Laura Jernigan to Mary Ann and Charles B. Moore, August 30, 1885] (open access)

[Letter from Laura Jernigan to Mary Ann and Charles B. Moore, August 30, 1885]

This letter is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Laura Jernigan, who was cousin to Charles. In her letter, Jernigan states that she has not kept up correspondence with Charles and Mary due to her daily chores, but also because she was ill for a month with a cough that wouldn't go away. She notes that she is ill again with a cold, though she has no cough this time. She updates Charles on family who have visited her and details that her and the children will be traveling to Sherman next week to visit the Wallace's if all goes according to plan. This trip to Sherman will be her first in seven years. Jernigan points out the the Moore family must be having a wonderful time in Gallatin, Tennessee. She expresses her happiness for Mary who was able to visit her family, but who was also able to see her home state. She fears that she will never see Tennessee again. She informs Charles of the rainy weather they have had and notes that even though the rain was much needed, the mud was certainly not. She states that she has received a letter from …
Date: August 30, 1885
Creator: Jernigan, Laura
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of journal entry by Henry S. Moore, August 11, 1871] (open access)

[Transcript of journal entry by Henry S. Moore, August 11, 1871]

Transcript of a journal entry by Henry Moore. Mentions trading, camping, and traveling through the countryside into Oklahoma and Chickasaw territory.
Date: August 2, 1871
Creator: Moore, Henry S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to T. V. Munson, August 5, 1913] (open access)

[Letter to T. V. Munson, August 5, 1913]

Photocopy of a letter to T. V. Munson discussing a letter from Stark Brothers and requesting Munson point out where the error is in the matter being discussed in the letter.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson, August 2, 1892] (open access)

[Letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson, August 2, 1892]

Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson inviting J. T. to a grape tasting at T. V. and Nellie's home on August 3 at 5pm. The letter is on the letterhead of the Office of T. V. Munson's Denison Nurseries.
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jim D. Bowmer to Clarence Richardson, August 5, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Jim D. Bowmer to Clarence Richardson, August 5, 1992]

Letter from Jim D. Bowmer to Dr. Clarence Richardson, cc'd to Dr. John Asbury, Mr. Bob Burleson, and Dr. Roy Renfro, discussing the issues California vineyards are having with phylloxera. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the letter addressed to Dr. Renfro asking him what he knows about the California problem. Included with the letter is Chapter 16 of a paper by Jim D. and Daurice Bowmer discussing T. V. Munson's research on grapes in Bell County, Texas in the 1880s. The chapter is titled "How Bell County Grapes Saved France" and outlines the characteristics of the insect-resistant species of grape Munson discovered in Bell County, Texas.
Date: August 5, 1992
Creator: Bowmer, Jim D. & Bowmer, Daurice
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to A. G. Hopkins August 11, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to A. G. Hopkins August 11, 1949]

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to A. G. Hopkins informing that he has not received the glass containers.
Date: August 11, 1949
Creator: Hopkins, A. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History