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Texian Loan - Signed by Stephen F. Austin
Texian Loan - Signed by Stephen F. Austin
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Texian Loan - Printed Document signed by Stephen F. Austin

Printed document filled out in ink: "Texian Loan...Received of Robert Triplett Thirty-Two Dollars the First Installment on a Loan of Three Hundred and Twenty Dollars, made by him this day to the Government of Texas..." Signed by Stephen F. Austin, B[ranch] Tanner Archer, and William Harris Wharton as Commissioners on the Part of Texas. 10½x8½, broadside, printed on recto. First printing printed January 11, 1836, the earliest date for any of the known Texian Loan certificates. Jumonville, New Orleans Imprints 944. Criswell locates a similar item (36A) which is from another typesetting. The Provisional Government issued these certificates to raise funds for the Revolution. They were redeemable for land at fifty cents per acre. The present certificate, numbered 285, is made out to Robert Triplett, authorized agent for Texas in the U.S. and one of the prime movers and contributors to the Texian cause.

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Texian Loan - Signed by Stephen F. Austin

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