LOT #67004 |
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Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Certificate....
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Description
Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Certificate. One partially printed page, 8 x 12 7/8 inches, New York; October 16, 1830. Certificate "No. 623," signed at the conclusion by the three "Trustees & Attorneys": Anthony Dey, William H. Sumner, and George W. Curtis. Countersigned by Secretary W. H. Willson. It reads, in small part:"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 Rodman Moulton... One Labor of Land within the limits of four adjoining tracts of Land in Texas."
With a borderless map of eastern Texas, showing the Gulf of Mexico, along the lower margin containing shaded areas of the company's landholdings. Endorsed by Rodman Moulton on verso.
The Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company was comprised of a group of northeastern speculators who purchased the colonization contracts in eastern Texas from empresarios de Zavala, Vehlein, and Burnet.
Condition: Lightly toned with minor creasing. A few instances of loss, affecting text in the body of the document. Minor ink erosion at Curtis's signature. Some edgewear, including a few short tears and chips.
Auction Info
2025 November 8 Historical Manuscripts including Texana Showcase Auction #30152 (go to Auction Home page)
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