Caldwell, Pinckney Coatsworth, 1795-1840 [Texas land indenture]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06623.04 Author/Creator: Caldwell, Pinckney Coatsworth, 1795-1840 Place Written: Texas Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1837/06/20 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Records the sale of land from Alexander McDonald to N. Hobbs and Caldwell. McDonald acquired the land from the late John Shirly, a soldier in the army of the Republic of Texas who was, like other soldiers involved in the Texas Revolution, given a land grant for his service. On the verso is a note indicating that Caldwell had Certificate No. 1664, attesting to W.M Berryhill's land grant of 960 acres for his service, and would have it delivered to Hobbs. Both sides witnessed by Peter Hansborough Bell, then an assistant adjutant general Texas army.
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