LOT #45047 |
Sold on Nov 21, 2009 for: Not Sold
Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Stock. One page, 8" x 13.5", October 16, 1830, New York, numbered 13103 at top left, for ...
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Description
Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Stock. One page, 8" x 13.5", October 16, 1830, New York, numbered 13103 at top left, for "177 136/1000 Acres" (one labor of land). The document begins, "This Certifies, That the Subscribers as the Trustees and Attorneys of Lorenzo de Zavala, Joseph Vehlein, and David G. Burnet, have given and do hereby give to J. Moreau Jr. . . One Labor of Land within the limits of four adjoining tracts of Land in Texas heretofore severally granted to the said Lorenzo De Zavala on the 12th of March 1829, Joseph Vehlein on the 2 December 1826, and 17th November 1828, and David G. Burnet on the 22th of December 1826 as Empressario for Colonizing the same according to the terms of the said grants, and the Laws of the United States of Mexico and the State of Coahuila and Texas." At the end of the document are signatures of the three "Trustees & Attorneys" ([illegible], W. H. Sumner, and G. W. Curtis) and "Secy" W. H. Wilson. With a borderless map of eastern Texas along the lower margin containing shaded areas of land belonging to the company. Small purpled filing marks along left margin. A strip of additional period paper has been added at top. Toned, yet near fine.Reference: Streeter 1117.
Auction Info
2009 November Signature Texana Auction #6028 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2009
21st
Saturday
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