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Lamar, Mirabeau B. (fl. 1839-1849) [Land grant for 64 acres on Galveston Island to Thomas Jefferson Chambers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01860.01 Author/Creator: Lamar, Mirabeau B. (fl. 1839-1849) Place Written: Houston, Texas Type: Document signed Date: 25 February 1839 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 27.5 x 42 cm. Order a Copy

Printed document signed by Mirabeau N, Lamar as President of the Republic of Texas and countersigned by John P. Borden as Commissioner General of the Land Grant Office. Docketed on verso by recording clerk.

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