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Mirabeau B. Lamar Document Signed

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Mirabeau B. Lamar Document Signed
<B>Mirabeau B. Lamar Document Signed</B></I> "<I>Mirabeau B. Lamar</B></I>" as President of Texas and "<I>Abner S. Lipscomb</B></I>" as Secretary of State, [Whiting's Press: Austin], one page, 9" x 11". Austin, November 17, 1840. Partly printed, completed in manuscript. Appointment of "<I>Thomas Wm Ward by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to the office of Notary Public for the County of Travis...</B></I>" Capt. <B>Thomas Wm (Peg Leg) Ward</B></I> had fought at the siege of Bexar in December 1835, during which he lost his leg to a cannonball. Two months after this appointment, Lamar appointed Ward Commissioner of the General Land Office of Texas; he served until 1848. He was later Collector of the Port of Corpus Christi and U.S. Consul in Panama, New Granada (Colombia). Docketed on integral by Ward: "<I>File 403/Commission as/Notary Public/Novr. 17th 1840./Thos. Wm. Ward</B></I>." Tiny tears and creases along right margin, and a few incidents of foxing, otherwise very good to near fine.<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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