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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01173 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1836 |
| Title | Republic of Texas land scrip for 320 acres [land grant] |
| Date | 20 December 1836 |
| Author | Houston, Sam (1793-1863) |
| Document Type | Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Partly printed document on paper, numbered 95, for 320 acres, to Thomas Toby, a land agent. Countersigned by Secretary of Treasury Terry Smith. Houston, as noted in the printed document, has affixed his personal seal. With two dockets on verso by former owners: one 1837/04/18 New Orleans (illegible signature) assigning the scrip to Samuel Hewes and one 1837/04/23 New Orleans by Hewes assigning it to Edward Hay [?]. |
| Subjects | Texas Land Transaction Westward Expansion American West |
| People | Houston, Sam (1793-1863) |
| Place written | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Theme | 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 |