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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 [Land grant for James Gillispie]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02398 Author/Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Document signed Date: January 20, 1828 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 39.1 cm, Width: 31.8 cm Order a Copy

Land grant for James Gillispie for a land grant in Tennessee. Docketed on verso. Signed by Sam Houston as governor of Tennessee. Also signed by secretary Daniel Graham. Red tinted seal on top left.

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Texas
American West
Westward Expansion
Land Transaction
Government and Civics
Land Grant
Tennessee
The First Age of Reform

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