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This map shows the eastern portion of the Republic of Texas. Individual land grants are outlined in color and labeled. Major cities, bodies of water and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Scale [ca. 1:2,900,000].
Prime meridian: Washington.
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Document listing the names of colonists, along with the number of their certificate, amount of acres, number of surveys, number of districts and who sent for a patent. Dates range from June 20, [18]51 to March 16 [18]52.
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Document regarding the sale of lands in the Medina District. Discusses location and price of lands, as well as the procedure for procuring property. It mentions the price of livestock. Also discussed are possible reasons why the land was not settled earlier, if it's as desirable as they say it is. Signed by J. E. Rump on September 1, 1848 in Bremen. Includes a section informing people to apply to Huth & Co. if they want to acquire already surveyed lands under favorable conditions.
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Pre-printed document acknowledging receipt of a claim for Bounty Land filed by [Ferdinand] Louis Huth under the Act of March 3, 1855. Signed L. P. Waldo and dated May 25, 1855 in Texas.
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Letter from C. [H]. [Librell] to the County Court Clerk of Medina County, Texas, inquiring whether a certain piece of land is part of their county.
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This is a warranty deed from W. A Morris to Levi Perryman. The warranty deed is from Montague county and documents a payment of eighty dollars from Levi Perryman to W. A. Morris for eighty acres of land.
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This is a land grant from the State of Texas to Levi Perryman. It has been signed by governor John Ireland, and W.C Walsh, commissioner of the general land office. The land is 90 2/5 acres, and is about 10 miles from the city of Montague.
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Certificate of shareholding in "The Texas Association." The text of the document states that the recipient of the document is entitled to one share of stock in "The Texas Association" established for colonizing certain land in Texas under the Authority of the Republic. The paper certificate was made by Hart, Mapother & Co. of Louisville, Ky. at the bottom.
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst for one-third of a league of land in Harris County and about 28 miles northwest of Houston; granted by President Anson Jones
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Certificate regarding land granted to John Crittendon for military service and signed by Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and James Madison, Secretary of State.
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Grant for 320 acres of land in Tarrant County to Gabriel B. Knight, "in Denton District. Tarrant County on Bear Creek in the Lower Cross Timbers . . . "
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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of B. R. Sheffield that was convicted for forging and passing a forged instrument in connection with land deals in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date:
October 10, 1960
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Description:
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth city council debating the purchase of land for a highway interchange.
Date:
April 9, 1962
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Description:
Petition from Jose Antonio Garzia Davila to the Conde de Sierra Gorda for a land grant, which is later granted by the Conde. The document itself has a seal stamped at the top of the page, and is slightly frayed.
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Transcript of a land patent issued to James H. Lawrence by the State of Texas, signed by Governor Sam Houston, for a piece of land northeast of Waxahachie.
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