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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 Republic of Texas land scrip for 320 acres [land grant]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01173 Author/Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Document signed Date: December 20, 1836 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Partly printed document on paper, numbered 95, for 320 acres, to Thomas Toby, a land agent. Countersigned by Secretary of Treasury Terry Smith. Houston, as noted in the printed document, has affixed his personal seal. With two dockets on verso by former owners: one 1837/04/18 New Orleans (illegible signature) assigning the scrip to Samuel Hewes and one 1837/04/23 New Orleans by Hewes assigning it to Edward Hay [?].

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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