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Smith, Henry W. (1836-1869) [Commission of H.C. Hudson as second judge in municipality of Austin]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01860.02 Author/Creator: Smith, Henry W. (1836-1869) Place Written: Austin, Texas Type: Document signed Date: 3 December 1835 Pagination: 2 p. ; 40 x 32.5 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Henry Smith as Governor of Texas. Signed and docketed on verso by Hudson, to the Legislative Council of Texas (misdated 1836), resigning his commission as second judge.

Smith, Henry, 1788-1851

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