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Pease, Elisha M. (1812-1883). [Texas land grant to "Stephen D. Barker assignee of Thomas R. Jennison"]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06623.16 Author/Creator: Pease, Elisha M. (1812-1883). Place Written: Austin, Texas Type: Printed document signed Date: 23 October 1855 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 30 x 34.5 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Pease as governor and countersigned by J. Crosby (possibly Josiah Frazier Crosby), commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed grant of 320 acres in Hunt County, Texas. Specifies the precise location and boundaries of the tract. A note on the verso certifies the document.

Pease moved to Texas in 1835 and fought at the Battle of Gonzales, the of the Texas Revolution. As a member of the General Council of the Provisional Government, he attended the convention that met at Washington-on-the-Brazos and wrote part of the Texas Constitution. He continued in public service, was admitted to the bar, and was elected governor in 1853.

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