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Sam Houston Treasury Warrant as President

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:4,500.00 USD Estimated At:7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD
Sam Houston Treasury Warrant as President
<B>Sam Houston Treasury Warrant as President of Texas Endorsed</B></I> on verso "<I>Sam Houston</B></I>," one page, 6.25" x 2.5". Treasury Department, December 12, 1844. Signed "<I>Charles Mason</B></I>" as Auditor and "<I>Samuel B. Shaw</B></I>" as Comptroller. On verso: "<I>Pay in Gold coin-/15th December 1844./W.B. Ochiltree/Secretary of Treasury.</B></I>" Partly printed, completed in manuscript. In full, "<I>The Treasurer of the Republic of Texas will pay to the Order of Sam Houston Sixteen hundred & twenty three 89/ Dollars, out of any money appropriated by Act of February 5, 1844 for Compensation of President of the Republic this amount being for Pay as President of Texas.</B></I>" Boldly endorsed by Houston with his ornate paraph. Elected the first President of the Republic of Texas in September 1836, Sam Houston served from October 22, 1836, to<B> </B></I>December 10<B>, </B></I>1838; he was ineligible to succeed himself. He ran again in 1841 and was elected, serving from December 12, 1841 to December 9, 1844. Texas was now in the midst of a fiscal crisis. Setting an example, Houston had Mirabeau B. Lamar's presidential mansion boarded up, moving into an Austin boarding house. The legislators followed suit by cutting their own salaries from $5 to $3 per day and Houston's annual salary in half, from $10,000 to $5,000. The Act of February 5, 1844 made "appropriations for the support of the Government for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-four." This check for $1,623.89 is for his last four months in office. The order for payment by Secretary of the Treasury Ochiltree is dated six days into the term of President Anson Jones. <B>Charles Mason</B></I> saw action in the Battles of Gonzales, Bexar and San Jacinto. He was Acting Secretary of War (1838-1839) and was appointed First Auditor of the Republic in 1839. <B>William B. Ochiltree</B></I> served the Republic of Texas as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1842-1845), Secretary of the Treasury (1844), and Adjutant General (1845). Fine condition. <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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