[Letter to Thomas Moore from Jacob De Cordova, April 13, 1867] Page: 1 of 2
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Kimball April 13, 1867
Dr. Thomas Moore
My Dear Sir,I wish to pay the County Tax on the following Lands please purchase as much Scrip as will do so. I want to have receipts for each man separately.
As Agent Geo [abbr: George] W. Chambers Survey No. 86 on Slick Rock Creek Head
85 John D. Phillips - W. G. Cooke 147 acres
484 - H.L. Dickson 2214 acres out of the Francisco Y. Barboa Tract
The Records will show the original grantee name of the tract belonging to Geo. W. Chambers. I wish to pay taxes on these lands for
1860 valuing them at $2 - per acre
1861 1.50 "
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1867Draw on me for the amount in Austin for which part I leave this morning. I want to save all I can. Pray expediently.
Yours very truly,
J. De Cordova
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De Cordova, Jacob Raphael. [Letter to Thomas Moore from Jacob De Cordova, April 13, 1867], letter, April 13, 1867; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27014/m1/1/: accessed April 21, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bosque County Historical Commission.