"The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company."
The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Co. was formed for the purpose of settling lands in Texas following the repeal of the April 6, 1830, law prohibiting American citizens from colonizing Texas. The successful efforts of this Land Company, combined with fear and increasingly strict reprisals against set...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York?] :
[Galveston & Texas Land Company],
[1835]
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| Online Access: | View a digital version in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database |
| Summary: | The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Co. was formed for the purpose of settling lands in Texas following the repeal of the April 6, 1830, law prohibiting American citizens from colonizing Texas. The successful efforts of this Land Company, combined with fear and increasingly strict reprisals against settlers by the Mexican government, were the basis for the Texan revolt and subsequent declaration of independence for the fledgling Republic of Texas. (Based on the vendor's description) |
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| Item Description: | Includes "Inducements for persons to locate and colonize the lands within the grants of the company, and instructions how to proceed," signed and dated: New-York, January, 1835, Anthy.y Dey, Wm. H. Sumner, George Curtis, attorneys & trustees Beneath map: "S. Stiles & Co. N.Y." Includes list of "directors of the company:" George Griswold, John Haggerty, Elisha Tibbits, Charles A. Clinton, Stephen Whitney, Nathaniel Richards, and Nathaniel Lord. The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. |
| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered pages) : color map ; 65 x 50 cm |