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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, List of Owners of Steamers Fitted for Oil.
Abstract/Description: Owners of steamers fitted for oil fuel in Norway, England, Scotland, and Sweden. Most likely a list from J. Greenblat of the Pensacola Maritime Corporation but no such indicator exists on document.
Identifier: folder1206_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object41
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, November 1919 correspondence.
Author: C.E. Woodbridge, The Texas Company, Pensacola Maritime Corporation
Abstract/Description: Series of business communications from November 1919 between The Texas Company and the Pensacola Maritime Corporation primarily regarding the contract forms being returned from Europe to The Texas Company.
Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_November1919correspondence
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, May 1920 contract dispute correspondence.
Author: Root, Clarke, Buckner & Howland, Emory R Buckner, W H Knowles, Pensacola Maritime Corporation, Clinchfield Navigation Company
Abstract/Description: Series of legal documents and communications between Pensacola Maritime Corporation in Pensacola, FL and Root, Clarke, Buckner & Howland firm of New York following the fuel oil contract cancellation by The Texas Company in May 1920. The S.S. “Ohian” is of particular concern, as it was sitting in the Pensacola port for a period of time without oil while the contract was disputed. The Pensacola Maritime Corporation engages the services of W.A. Blount to review the original July 1919 contract....
Show moreSeries of legal documents and communications between Pensacola Maritime Corporation in Pensacola, FL and Root, Clarke, Buckner & Howland firm of New York following the fuel oil contract cancellation by The Texas Company in May 1920. The S.S. “Ohian” is of particular concern, as it was sitting in the Pensacola port for a period of time without oil while the contract was disputed. The Pensacola Maritime Corporation engages the services of W.A. Blount to review the original July 1919 contract. The services of Clinchfield Navigation Company of New York are also employed to assist with contract negotiation with J.H.W. Steele Company simultaneously.
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Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_May1920contractdispute
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1203, object 5.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: A series of Trans-Atlantic cablegrams concerning the sale of ships and engines. The cablegrams are between Pensacola and Glasgow and about the price of ships, terms of the sale, payments, changes to the sale, and queries about what use the ships will be put to. The only identifying information is the inclusion of the Pensacola Maritime Corporation name in the majority of the correspondence and the name Sloan at the bottom of 2.
Identifier: folder1203_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object5
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1204, May 5, 1920 Sworn Statement.
Author: Pensacola Maritime Corporation
Abstract/Description: Sworn statement by Ellis Knowles from May 5, 1920, taken before Notary Public Joseph V. Riers. Statement taken as part of the Pensacola Maritime Corporation vs. Texas Company, discusses the contract, payment, and cancellation of payment by the Texas Company, as informed to Mr. Ellis by a letter, signed by C.B. Dodge and delivered by Mr. Patterson.
Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_5May1920swornstatement
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1203, object 4.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter, Lawrence
Abstract/Description: 2 typed notes concerning the value of shipped materials, the size of ships, commission percentages, and payment amounts. Neither are dated with years, but the first references March, April July, and November and the second August. Neither has any identifying headers, but Pensacola Maritime Co. and Gulf Shipbuilding Co. are handwritten on page 1, while Pen. Maritime is scrawled in blue ink on each.
Identifier: folder1203_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object4
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1203, object 7.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: A 3 page letter dated June 11, 1920 from Blount & Blount & Carter to the Pensacola Maritime Corporation. The letter addresses contact obligations and controversies experienced by the Pensacola Maritime Corporation and other parties, specifically named is the Bullock Caldwell Shipbuilding Company. Blount & Blount & Carter support Pensacola Maritime Corporation's position that they are owed money due to the nature of the contracts between the Corporation and other parties.
Identifier: folder1203_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object7
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1203, object 6.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: Multiple letters from the Deep Water Ship Company to Pensacola Maritime Corporation dated from September 1919. The letters authorize the price and sale of a schooner owned by the Deep Water Ship Company and a 5% commission for Pensacola Maritime company for procuring a buyer.
Identifier: folder1203_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object6
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1203, object 2.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter, Lawrence
Abstract/Description: 2 pages of undated correspondence concerning the sale of first oil then a four masted motor schooner. Neither page includes any clear indicator as to whom is either the buyer or the seller in either transaction. However, the first page does have Pensacola Maritime Corporation handwritten across the top of the page.
Identifier: folder1203_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object2
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1203, object 3.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: Memorandum of Agreement relating to the sale of coal by the Pensacola Maritime Corporation, both out of the port of Pensacola and Mobile. Prices per ton/2000 lbs. are included but not present is the identity of the buyer.
Identifier: folder1203_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object3
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, May 1920 telegram correspondence.
Author: Arthur J. Howard, C H M Barnett, A J Howard, Central Marine Corporation, Pensacola Maritime Corporation
Abstract/Description: Three telegrams from May 1920 discussing contract negotiations with the J.H.W. Steele Company. The telegrams discuss buyer/seller responsibility for sale and delivery of oil, a redrawn contract, and issues with the Shippingboard position on private oil bunkering contracts.
Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_May1920telegramcorrespondence
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, June 1920 Summons to Defendant (Texas Co).
Author: Circuit Court of Escambia County
Abstract/Description: Document from the First Judicial Circuit of Florida, Circuit Court of Escambia County in the suit of Pensacola Maritime Corporation (plaintiff) vs. The Texas Company (defendant) requesting that the Clerk issue a summons ad respondendum to the defendant.
Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_June1920summons
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1204, April 15, 1921 memorandum.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: An April 15, 1921 four page memorandum about the amount due the Pensacola Maritime Corporation by the Texas Company, basing the claim on the prices charged by the Texas Company for “grade C” oil at Pensacola and Mobile, as per statement from H. W Patterson, agent for the Texas Company. The total amount is listed at $554,501.30 on the first page, followed by several pages of figures both typed out an accompanied by handwritten notes.
Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_15April1921memorandum
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1204, April 20, 1922 telegraph.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: A one page letter from J.F. Nathan of the Western Union Telegraph Company, dated April 20, 1922. Mr. Nathan is informing a Mr. T.E. Ward of the inability to acquire a copy of a telegraph from April 17, 1920 because the company destroyed their files yearly.
Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_20April1922telegraph
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Title: Pensacola Maritime Corporation vs. the Texas Company, April 1920 correspondence.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: 29 pieces of business correspondence from April 1920. The correspondence is between the Pensacola Maritime Corporation and the Texas Company concerning the contracted sale and delivery of oil.
Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_April1920correspondence
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Title: Folder 1203, Pensacola Maritime Corporation vs the Texas Corp, object 1.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: Materials related to Pensacola Maritime Corporation vs the Texas Company, a suit to recover lost profits on the resale of oil due to breach of contract and was one of Francis B. Carter’s most noteworthy cases. This is a letter between the firm Blount & Blount & Carter and the Pensacola Maritime Corporation concerning the drawing up of a contract and the inclusion of additional clauses surrounding the delivery of a ship and possible penalties for delays.
Identifier: folder1203_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_object1_1
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1204, April 1920 copy of contract.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: 3-page copy of a contract with The Texas Oil Company dated April 30, 1920 sent from Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland firm of New York. Contract stipulates delivery of oil to the J.H.W. Steele Company in both New York and New Orleans. Pensacola Maritime Corporation is designated as the selling agent. Commitments for both the number of barrels to be sold and prices per barrel by quality of the oil are designated. A handwritten note at the end states that the contract is a copy of a contract drawn...
Show more3-page copy of a contract with The Texas Oil Company dated April 30, 1920 sent from Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland firm of New York. Contract stipulates delivery of oil to the J.H.W. Steele Company in both New York and New Orleans. Pensacola Maritime Corporation is designated as the selling agent. Commitments for both the number of barrels to be sold and prices per barrel by quality of the oil are designated. A handwritten note at the end states that the contract is a copy of a contract drawn up by C.M. Barnett.
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Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_April1920contractcopy
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, folder 1204, April 1920 copy of contract, page 3.
Author: Blount & Blount & Carter
Abstract/Description: 3-page copy of a contract with The Texas Oil Company dated April 30, 1920 sent from Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland firm of New York. Contract stipulates delivery of oil to the J.H.W. Steele Company in both New York and New Orleans. Pensacola Maritime Corporation is designated as the selling agent. Commitments for both the number of barrels to be sold and prices per barrel by quality of the oil are designated. A handwritten note at the end states that the contract is a copy of a contract drawn...
Show more3-page copy of a contract with The Texas Oil Company dated April 30, 1920 sent from Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland firm of New York. Contract stipulates delivery of oil to the J.H.W. Steele Company in both New York and New Orleans. Pensacola Maritime Corporation is designated as the selling agent. Commitments for both the number of barrels to be sold and prices per barrel by quality of the oil are designated. A handwritten note at the end states that the contract is a copy of a contract drawn up by C.M. Barnett.
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Identifier: folder1204_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_April1920contractcopy_3
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Title: Pensacola Maritime vs. Texas Company, Memorandum on Motion for a New Trial.
Author: The Texas Company
Abstract/Description: Memorandum created by the Texas Company as part of their petition to remove the suit between Pensacola Maritime Corporation (plaintiff) and the Texas Company (defendant) from the Circuit Court of Escambia County. The memorandum lays out the argument of the Texas Company and cites legal precedents.
Identifier: folder1206_pensacolamaritimecorpvsthetexascorp_motionforanewtrial
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Folder 1204 (9)	+ -
Folder 1203 (7)	+ -
Folder 1206 (3)	+ -

Pensacola Maritime Corporation (19)	+ -
Legal History (15)	+ -
Maritime History (13)	+ -
Blount & Blount & Carter (10)	+ -
The Texas Company (5)	+ -

the Texas Company (5)	+ -
Gulf Coast (4)	+ -
fuel oil (4)	+ -
J.H.W. Steele Company (3)	+ -
C.M. Barnett (2)	+ -
Circuit Court of Escambia County (2)	+ -
Contract Negotiation (2)	+ -
Contract cancellation (2)	+ -
Ellis Knowles (2)	+ -
H.W. Patterson (2)	+ -
J. Greenblat (2)	+ -
Legal history (2)	+ -
Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland (2)	+ -
oil bunkering (2)	+ -
Bullock Caldwell Shipbuilding Company (1)	+ -
C.B. Dodge (1)	+ -
C.P. Dodge (1)	+ -
Central Marine Corporation (1)	+ -
Deep Water Ship Company (1)	+ -
J.F. Nathan (1)	+ -
Judge Francis B. Carter (1)	+ -
Legal argument (1)	+ -
Legal precedent (1)	+ -
Northern District of Florida (1)	+ -
T.E. Ward (1)	+ -

Pensacola, Florida (13)	+ -
Gulf Coast (10)	+ -
Mobile, Alabama (3)	+ -
New York, New York (3)	+ -
New Orleans, Louisiana (2)	+ -

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Houston, Texas (1)	+ -

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