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Collection Reference Number GLC06623.21
From Archive Folder Collection of letters and documents by Texas patriots & politicians 
Title Certification of a deed signed by Thomas Davis and Richardson selling land to Robert Wilson and Walter C. White
Date ca. 1838-1848
Author Richardson, Stephen (1794-1860)  
Document Type Land transaction document
Content Description Certifies that a deed was given to Wilson and White for land then located in Harrisburg, Texas. The deed had been lost. Date approximated from the period in which Richardson lived in Harrisburg.
Subjects American West  Texas  Land Transaction  Westward Expansion  
People Richardson, Stephen (1794-1860)  Wilson, Robert (fl. 1838)  White, Walter C. (fl. 1838)  
Place written Texas
Theme Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Richardson was one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists. He joined the volunteer army under Francis W. Johnson in 1835 and participated in the Grass Fight and the siege of Bexar. He then served as secretary of the meeting held at Chocolate Bayou to elect delegates to the Convention of 1836.
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859