Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company. 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 Anthony Dey and his legal representatives the bearer hereof, their consent to the location of, and holding in severalty, one labor of land within the limits of four adjoining tracts of land in Texas ... No. 5549, 177 136/1000 acres :
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. "New York 16th October 1830" Ornately engraved certificate of right to locate one labor (a Spanish land unit measuring 177 acres) of land in the company's grants, the boundaries of which are described. Blank form with certificate number and name of Anthony Dey, filled in with ink. Includes ms. signatures of "Trustees & Attorneys" George Curtis of New York and William H. Sumner of Boston, the other two officers of the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company. Also ms. signature of W.H. Willson, secretary. Engraved with a map of Texas Gulf Coast with shading of land grant to the three empresarios and the adjoining Austin's Colony. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 leaf) : map ; 31 x 20 cm |