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Gail Borden Land Grant Annual Dues Receipts.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Paper Start Price:210.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 550.00 USD
Gail Borden Land Grant Annual Dues Receipts.
<B>Gail Borden Land Grant Annual Dues Receipts</B></I>. Comprises two partly printed documents, each completed in manuscript: <B>1) William Pettus </B></I>signed "<I>Wm Pettus</B></I>," one page, 8.5" x 3.25". In part "<I>Received of G. Borden Jr Genl Collector of public dues for the department of Brazos [$23.56] in payment to the State, on the 1st & 2nd installments on one league of land, granted to W. Williamson on the 21 day of March 1831...</B></I>" "<I>23rd Febr</B></I>" penned at lower left; February 23, 1836 was the first day of the siege of the Alamo. Lightly foxed. <B>2) Squire Burns</B></I> signed "<I>Squire Burns</B></I>," one page, 7.75" x 4". In part "<I>Receved of G. Borfen Collector of Public Dues for the Department of the Brazos, seven dollars sixty cents, in payment to the Government for two instalments [sic] on one fourth league of land granted me on the tenth day of July 1831...</B></I>" Dated December 19 1836. Light soiling. Both documents are in fine condition. The Law of Colonization of the State of Coahuila and Texas required that each colonist must pay a sum to the state in three equal installments after the fourth year following the land grant. <BR><BR><B>Gail Borden, Jr.</B></I> was a surveyor for Austin's colony and collector for the Department of Brazos from 1835-1837. In 1856, he received a patent on a process for condensing milk. <B>William Pettus</B></I>, an Old Three Hundred colonist, received his grant because he had<I> </B></I>"fought Indians and helped keep quiet in the country." He served on the ayuntamiento of San Felipe (1828-1830) and was involved in security of the area against Indian attack. As a single man, <B>Squire Burns</B></I> was granted as his head right one-fourth sitio. He taught school for a time and was active in defending the settlers from both the Indians and Mexicans. Squire was a scout and was accidentally killed near San Antonio shortly before the fall of the Alamo by the discharge of his pistol. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown. </B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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