Part 5, Note 53

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Colorado County Deed Records, Book K, pp. 621, 633, 638, 684, 698, 699, 699, 700, 735, 740, 789, Book L, pp. 123, 124, 133, 296, Book M, p. 746, Book N, p. 358, Book O, p. 593; Colorado Citizen, March 17, 1860, July 28, 1860, August 11, 1860, September 29, 1860, November 3, 1860, December 8, 1860; Record of Appointment of Postmasters 1832-September 30, 1971, National Archives Microfilm Publication M841, Roll 122; Petition of Charles H. Bell Regarding Yellow Fever in Alleyton, January 21, 1870, Memorials and Petitions, Texas State Archives, Austin, which contains a letter dated September 14, 1867 from R. G. Howard that confirms that Alley operated the Globe Hotel. See also the February 18, 1860 edition of the Citizen for a notice regarding V. F. Cook's store in Eagle Lake. On the first and second days of December 1860, V. F. Cook sold his interest in the store to James H. Cook, who presumably was his brother, and James H. Cook sold the entire store to A. G. Woods (see Colorado County Deed Records, Book K, pp. 791, 793).