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Collection Reference Number GLC01121
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1836 
Title Document from the Republic of Texas securing a loan from Louisiana for $1 million
Date 12 January 1836
Author Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller) (1793-1836)  
Document Type Government document; Business and financial document
Content Description Printed document signed on p.3 by Austin with (later?) notations, for the Republic of Texas. Streeter no. 1233. Signed by William Christy, public notary, and lenders, including William Triplett and others. The first Texas loan.
Subjects Texas  Westward Expansion  Finance  American West  Economics  
People Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller) (1793-1836)  
Place written New Orleans, Louisiana
Theme Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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