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Pass For George P. Digges to deliver Santa Anna's terms of surrender

Orders to take "very important documents to the east." With endorsement on verso of George P. Digges for $14.75 in expenses.

GLC03037

Certificate for bounty land for Francis Hunt

Signed as Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas. The bouty is contingent upon Hunt's honorable discharge. Note: This is NOT a soldier's discharge.

GLC03039

[Payment for 66 bales of cotton]

Certifies that 66 bales of cotton will be paid to Mr. William Bradford in the Parish of Bossier, "in lieu of the same quantity due him for hauling 210 Bales…to Orange Texas." States that the cotton averages 500 pounds per bale. Signed by Allen as...

GLC04028

Report on the United States and Mexican boundary Survey...

House Executive Document no. 135 (25th Congress, 1st Session). Two volumes printed in three, with 5 maps and charts, 346 plates and numerous lithographic illustrations. Report comissioned by the Secretary of Interior; survey conducted by William H...

GLC04249

Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississippi [map of North America]

Based on the notes of M. le Maire by Guillaume del'Isle. The first detailed map of the Gulf coast region and the Mississippi, and the first printed map to show Texas. With an insert of Mobile Bay. This map was also the first to show the land routes...

GLC04222