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Sam Houston

Early Houston document recouping money for “an Interpreter & two horses” while moving Cherokees to Arkansas

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Early Houston document recouping money for “an Interpreter & two horses” while moving Cherokees to Arkansas

ADS, signed “Sam Houston Sub Agent,” with his signature incorporated again in the heading, one page, 7.75 x 9.25, May 9, 1818. Document for $17.75 expenses reads, “To money expended for my own, an Interpreter & two horses, on express twelve days by order of Gov. McMinn. I certify on honor the above is the price sum of expense necessarily incurred and what I actually expended.” Matted with a color image of Houston to an overall size of 21 x 15. In very good condition, with several repairs to separations and areas of paper loss, intersecting folds, paper loss to edges, and show-through from docketing on reverse. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph
  • Dates: #413 - Ended August 14, 2013





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