Shaw, James B. (b. 1820?) [Treasury warrant for $250.34 to Asa Brigham, Treasurer of the Republic of Texas]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06624.11 Author/Creator: Shaw, James B. (b. 1820?) Place Written: Washington, Texas Type: Printed document signed Date: 11 October 1843 Pagination: 1 p. ; 10 x 17 cm. Order a Copy
Signed by Shaw and comptroller and countersigned by Charles Mason as auditor. Endorsed on the verso by Asa Brigham. Partially printed document appropriating money to cover the expenses of Brigham's office from funds permitted by an act dated 6 January 1843.
Brigham, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, was the first treasurer of the Republic of Texas and mayor of Austin.
Shaw served as the Texas state comptroller from 1829-1859.
Mason was a soldier in the Texas Revolution.
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