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New Arkansas and Texas Land Co. Grant; 1833

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New Arkansas and Texas Land Co. Grant; 1833
<B>Partially Printed New Arkansas and Texas Land Company Grant,</B></I> signed by trustees T. L. Ogden, D. Jackson and E. Curtis,<B> </B></I>one page, 7.5" x 12.5", New York City, April 29, 1833, awarding 4,017 6/7 acres to Sylvester Davis, who signs on the verso. Two smoothed marginal folds, else excellent condition. This tract in West Texas was carved from the massive empresario grant awarded to John Charles Beales and Jose Manuel Royuela. Beales secured Royuela's shares, transferring the whole to the New Arkansas and Texas Land Company. A medical doctor by profession, Beales was a talented and energetic land speculator. The millions of acres he claimed were lost to him as they were granted by Mexico prior to the Texian Revolution. <I>From the collection of Darrel Brown.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Reference: </B></I>Streeter 1138.1<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)