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[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hon. Clark W. Thompson, December 23, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hon. Clark W. Thompson, December 23, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Hon. Clark W. Thompson discussing the delivery of a letter received from Mr. John C. Lee.
Date: December 23, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Schwabach & Company, December 19, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Schwabach & Company, December 19, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Schwabach & Company expressing thanks for the gift of coffee sent to him and Mr. Lee Kempner for Christmas.
Date: December 19, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Conway Shannon, December 27, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Conway Shannon, December 27, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Conway Shannon requesting a certificate of character, or a statement from Chief of Police that an individual has no criminal record, for his daughter's upcoming trip to the West Indies.
Date: December 27, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 10, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 10, 1949]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mrs. Oakleigh L. Thorne informing about attending Chamber of Commerce dinner and requesting for signatures on the contracts drawn by Bryan Williams.
Date: December 10, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 27, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne, December 27, 1949]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Mr. Oakleigh L. Thorne thanking for the little memorandum book sent to him an informing about waiting for latter's and Mary Jean's visit.
Date: December 27, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Otto Marx, December 3, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Otto Marx, December 3, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Otto Marx discussing the best way to buy figs. Kempner forwards this letter to the Imperial Mercantile Company at Sugar Land for advice on fig availability.
Date: December 3, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Otto Marx Jr. to I. H. Kempner, December 5, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Otto Marx Jr. to I. H. Kempner, December 5, 1949]

Letter from Otto Marx Jr. to I. H. Kempner discussing Kempner's order to sell 1,000 shares of Mexican Gulf Sulphur and thanking him for the good wishes on his 40th birthday.
Date: December 5, 1949
Creator: Marx, Otto, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Jack C. Lee, December 30, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Jack C. Lee, December 30, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Jack C. Lee discussing Clark Thompson and the inclination he will vote in accordance with the New York Cotton Exchange's ideas if a bill is presented while communicating Thompson's wishes to speak to Lee.
Date: December 30, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Adrian C. Israel, December 21, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Adrian C. Israel, December 21, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Adrian C. Israel expressing thanks for the Christmas card that Israel sent. Kempner then shares his wishes for peace, and closes the letter with a quote from a Hebrew prophet.
Date: December 21, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Isbrandtsen Company, Inc., December 28, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Isbrandtsen Company, Inc., December 28, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to the Isbrandtsen Company, commending them for the food parcels that were sent since they were to his liking.
Date: December 28, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner, Jr., to Isaac Herbert Kempner , December 21, 1949] (open access)

[Inter-Office Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner, Jr., to Isaac Herbert Kempner , December 21, 1949]

Inter-office letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner, Jr., to Isaac Herbert Kempner mentioning about the people who could possibly make a study on natural gas stocks in New York. He mentions about one of the Houston brokers who made a specialty of gas stocks in the past and it'd be better to see him first and then take it up from there.
Date: December 21, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac Herbert, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Robert M. Harriss, December 21, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Robert M. Harriss, December 21, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Robert M. Harriss thanking him for the Christmas greeting and offering him the wise word of Hillel, an ancient Hebrew prophet.
Date: December 21, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, December 24, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer, December 24, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the inquiry made by Dan about debt they owe on Merchants & Planters Compress stock and other details like Sugar Land construction and its progress. Also, he mentioned about how appreciative of his remarks regarding his son, Isaac Herbert Kempner, Jr.
Date: December 24, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Columbia Distributing Company, December 15, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Columbia Distributing Company, December 15, 1949]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Columbia Distributing Company enclosing New York Exchange for $1.50 for which he's requesting a Book-Lite Reading Lamp in blue.
Date: December 15, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I.H. Kempner to Mr. Leslie Coleman and Mr. Minor Wheaton, December 21,1949] (open access)

[Letter from I.H. Kempner to Mr. Leslie Coleman and Mr. Minor Wheaton, December 21,1949]

Letter from I.H. Kempner to Mr. Leslie Coleman and Mr. Minor Wheaton of the Bank of the Manhattan Company thanking them for their Christmas greetings and offering his hopeful words about the current world.
Date: December 21, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Birkdale's, December 15, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Birkdale's, December 15, 1949]

Letter from Isaac Herbert Kempner to Birkdale's enclosing the new York Exchange for $2.00 for which he requests a Lenz. Canasta Score Board.
Date: December 15, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from I. H.  Kempner to Mr. Charles Cain, Jr., December 31, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Charles Cain, Jr., December 31, 1949]

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Mr. Charles Cain, Jr. wishing him a happy new year and congratulating him on the position of Senior Vice President of Chase National Bank.
Date: December 31, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Isaac H. (Isaac Herbert), 1873-1967
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Richard E. Byrd to I. H. Kempner, December 18, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from Richard E. Byrd to I. H. Kempner, December 18, 1949]

Letter from Richard E. Byrd to I. H. Kempner discussing an advertisement published in the New York Times. The advertisement is a call to save 200,000 men, women and children who have escaped the "hell" of Soviet totalitarianism. Byrd is seeking donations for the rehabilitation of families.
Date: December 18, 1949
Creator: Byrd, Richard E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invoice for knives and forks] (open access)

[Invoice for knives and forks]

Invoice for items sold to Mr. D. W. Kempner by Robert Ensko, Inc., including 6 pairs of bone handle fish knives and forks.
Date: December 5, 1949
Creator: Robert Ensko, Inc.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. H. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - December 9, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from R. H. Johnson to T. N. Carswell - December 9, 1949]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from Rupert, R. H. Johnson & Co. Investment Securities, New York 5, N. Y, dated December 9, 1949. Johnson confirms he sold 100 shares of Southern Company, expects to invest this in Interstate Power stock and notes that Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line stock is up.
Date: December 9, 1949
Creator: Johnson, Rupert H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from French Line to Daniel W. Kempner, December 19, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from French Line to Daniel W. Kempner, December 19, 1949]

Letter from French Line to Daniel W. Kempner informing him that though the cabins offered to him are not satisfactory, he has first priority for improvement if he temporarily accepts the accommodations. French Line explains that all sailings westbound are booked to capacity, and the New York bank will not be able to secure better cabins on the Ile de France.
Date: December 19, 1949
Creator: French Line
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from the Automobile Club of America to D. W. Kempner, December 10, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from the Automobile Club of America to D. W. Kempner, December 10, 1949]

Letter from the Automobile Club of America to D. W. Kempner discussing the cost of transporting his car to France or England, as well as some other pertinent information.
Date: December 10, 1949
Creator: Automobile Club of America
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. B. Meyrowitz, December 14, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. B. Meyrowitz, December 14, 1949]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. B. Meyrowitz inquiring about barometer repairs.
Date: December 14, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. B. Meyrowitz, December 5th, 1949] (open access)

[Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. B. Meyrowitz, December 5th, 1949]

Letter from D. W. Kempner to E. B. Meyrowitz asking what a new recording barometer would cost.
Date: December 5, 1949
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History