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Lamar, Mirabeau B., fl. 1839-1849 Authorization to Barnard E. Bee to draw $1900 (also signed later by Bee)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01860.19 Author/Creator: Lamar, Mirabeau B., fl. 1839-1849 Place Written: Austin, Texas Type: Document signed Date: 1840/02/29 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Signed as President of the Republic of Texas with blind stamped seal. Countersigned by the Secretary of Treasury, with signed notes of Bee, dated from Washington, Texas, 4/21/1840 and Galveston 12/19/1840, by Hamilton.

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