Business
House selling
Letter writing
Hot Springs (Ark.)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
The letter details Ella's selling of her place in Hot Spring, Arkansas.
Davis, Ella
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Correspondence
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Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from H. B. Smith and from Oscar Goldsmith to S. M. Milliken.
Land value taxation
Stocks
In this letter, H. B. Smith responds to a previous letter from Goldsmith regarding the sell of a lot of land in 1916, two years previous. He also details an offer for the stock he currently holds in the Huntsville Land Company that he will be refusing. The second letter is from Oscar Goldsmith to S. M. Milliken regarding the shares that Mr. Smith wrote about and them receiving multiple bids on the stock. He informs Milliken that Mr. Rison will be taking part in it as well.
Goldsmith, Oscar
Smith, H. B.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from H. B. Smith.
Tax collection
Transfer payments--United States
H. B. Smith requesting Oscar Goldsmith to pay the taxes due by Mrs. Trevani B. Dallas on her lot at Monte Sano again as he did the previous year. Smith offers if Goldsmith does this, he will refund the amount paid.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo.
Condolence notes
Death
Extended families
This letter details Oscar's cousin Mo's deepest sympathies for the loss of Betty, Oscar's wife, who died on November 30, 1928. Oscar would live another 9 years.
This personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo, mentions the health of Mo and his hopes to be better soon. He writes that he has requested a meeting for the case of the Huntsville Land Co. with Mr. Plant. Mo closes be informing Oscar that Addie (his wife) is not well.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from K. Ward-Smith.
Dividends
Stockholders
Atlanta (Ga.)
This letter requests that Oscar Goldsmith, president of the Huntsville Land Company, sends copies of the company's earning statements so K. Ward-Smith can obtain a bid on shares of stock for sale.
Ward-Smith, K.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from R. E. Smith.
City attorneys
Debt
Payment
R. E. Smith, as city attorney, writes to inform Oscar Goldsmith of an unpaid balance for improvements on Jefferson Street. He requests Goldsmith to call the office of the Clerk of the City of Huntsville to settle the claim.
Smith, R. E.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from S. D. Brewsters about yearly sales and inventory.
S. D. Brewster writes to Oscar Goldsmith in response to a previous letter in which Goldsmith sent earning statements for the Dallas Mnfg. Co. He details how the profit was lower than he had hoped and wish the treasurer, Mr. Rison, who had been sick and just returned from Minnesota, well.
Brewster, S. D.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from Victor White.
Victor White writes to Oscar Goldsmith apologizing for replying to his last letter over a month late. He informs Goldsmith that he is working in town and is hopeful to see him in New York.
White, Victor
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith regarding the death of Ida B. Dallas and Goldsmith's response.
Death notices
Real estate agents
Letter from H. B. Smith to Oscar Goldsmith to inform him of the death of Ida B. Dallas and Smith's appointment as her sole executor. Smith discusses the next steps of dividing her stocks in the Huntsville Land Company, which is owned by Goldsmith, among her five children. Smith also asks for guidance regarding the sale of her lot at Monte Sano. Oscar Goldsmith's response to Smith's letter is the second document. In it he directs Smith to Lawrence Goldsmith who is authorized to issue the stock and recommends a couple real estate men in Huntsville that would be able to take care of the sale of Dallas's Monte Sano lot.
Letter to Ray H. Jenkins from C. F. Cordes.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States
Defense information, Classified
Intermediate-range ballistic missiles
Jupiter missile
Leaks (Disclosure of information)
Knoxville (Tenn.)
In response to Jenkin's request for a postponement of the trial of Colonel Nickerson, Cordes writes that the court will assemble on June 25, 1957 for the trial as the members of the court and court reporter have been granted top secret information neccesary for the case.
Cordes, C. F.
Letter to Ray H. Jenkins from Colonel John C. Nickerson, Jr.
This letter states that Nickerson sent two letters and a statement concerning member of the Court. However, this is the only letter in the collection.
Nickerson, John C., Jr.
Letter to Ray H. Jenkins from Estes Kefauver and enclosed copies of letters.
Washington (D.C.)
Kefauver writes to Jenkins stating that he has enclosed the letter from the Department of the Army regarding the Nickerson case. The following letter addressed to Senator Kefauver is from Major General J. H. Michaelis. In it Michaelis writes that after consideration, the disclosure of certain documents is "too minimal to justify directing or advising the convening authority to drop the charges." He also writes that non-judicial punishment would be "legally objectionable" as Nickerson's offense is not minor. The last letter states the same regarding the dropping of the charges.
Brucker, Wilber M.
Kefauver, Estes
Michaelis, J. H.
Letter to Ray H. Jenkins from Robert K. Bell.
Bell thanks Jenkins for joining the defense of Nickerson and writes that he included newspaper clippings and other informative information about the case.
Bell, Robert K.
After receiving a continuance in the Nickerson case, Bell writes to Jenkins about making new plans. He states that they are going to try to get any political assistance that they can and that he will be writing to a number of friends in Washington regarding the case.
Bell apologizes for being "a very poor correspondent" and thanks Jenkins for his letters. He writes that he is "having a terrific time with John Nickerson in trying to keep his mouth closed and to make him forget the word 'appeal'. Bell includes personal details of his life after the trial and concludes the letter by thanking Jenkins again for his friendship.
Letter to Robert "Buster" Bell from Walter Emmett Perry.
Charlottesville (Va.)
Perry responds to Bell's letter of June 10th regarding the possible accuser also being the reviewer in the Nickerson trial proceedings.
Perry, Walter E.
Letter to Robert E. Jones from Robert K. Bell.
Robert K. Bell writes to Senator Bob Jones for help and information regarding the Nickerson case.
Bell writes to Bob Jones in Washington D.C. on behalf of the defense counsel in an attempt to change Nickerson's case from trial by court-martial to a non-judicial punishment.
Letter to Robert K. Bell and his wife, Carolyn, from Ray H. Jenkins.
This letter addressed to both Robert and his wife details personal correspondence about various daily activities of Jenkins' life.
Jenkins, Ray H.