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: 20 December 1836 Pagination: 2 p. ; 40 x 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 [?].
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