Thirty documents represents original papers signed by a number of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300"[among the earliest Anglo settlers]. They were assembled by a rare books dealer for James L. Britton, III, who donated them to SHSU.
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BOND of the REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, (issued in the amount of $100), to William H.H.JOHNSTON, April 20, 1840. Southern Bank Note Co., Endicott & Clark, New Orleans. 2 pp. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2
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(c) Letter dated October 22, 1842, Washington, D. C. 1p. 8x 9 From: Joseph MAPLES, Acting Secretary of State for Texas To: Isaac VAN ZANDT, Charge D'Affaires, Texas to the United States Re: Cover note for a communication from George W....
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Letter from " your friend, HANCHETT" to Col YOAKUM dated December 30, 1847 from Austin, and dealing with several legal and political matters of note before ending humorously. 2pp. x 15 3/4 x 10.
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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MOORE, ROBERT, DS, (Galveston) July 3, 1846. Promissory note for $400 "for value received which may be discharged in a good likely young black woman not more than twenty...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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STEVENSON, ROBERT, ADS (Washington County), September 18, 1838. Promissory note for $267.50 for "the hire of two negroes by the names of Beck and James" (the said negroes to...
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TEXIAN LOAN, Certificate #120, $320, received of Robert TRIPLETT, City of New Orleans, January 11, 1836, signed by S.F. AUSTIN, B.T. ARCHER, William H. WHARTON. One way Texas financed the war for independence was by accepting loans from...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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TOM, JOSEPH, ADS, Austin Colony, August 11, 1843. Promissory note to W. Pinchard pledging "two gentle cows and calves or twenty dollars" for the hire of his negro...
