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- GLC#
- GLC04255
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 2 December 1835
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Henry W., 1836-1869
- Title
- [Letters of marque and reprisal authorizing Silas Dinsmore to seize Mexican ships]
- Place Written
- San Felipe de Austin, Texas
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 51.1 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Privateering document, printed and signed by Henry Smith as Governor of Texas, countersigned by Charles B. Stewart as Secretary. Document with decorative border printed by Baker & Bordens, San Felipe de Austin. Features paper seal. Docket on verso. References: Dienst, The Navy of the Republic of Texas, 14-18, Streeter 99-100; Texas Handbook I: 504.
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