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Texas: Green Dewitt

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Texas: Green Dewitt

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Auction Date:2010 Sep 15 @ 22:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Empresario in Mexican Texas. He founded the Dewitt Colony, one of the most successful. Rare ALS signed “G. Dewitt,” one page, 7.25 x 5.5, November 12, 1823. Short letter of resignation. In full: “To the Honourable County Court of Ralls County now in Session. Gentlemen. I hereby tender you my resignation of my Commission of Collector of the State and County taxes of the County of Ralls and as such hope you will receive the same.” All writing a shade or two light, rough top edge, and a uniform shade of mild toning, otherwise fine condition. Though he did not live to see the battle of Gonzales, which traditionally is considered the first skirmish of the Texas Revolution, Dewitt’s wife and daughter, Naomi, cut up Naomi's wedding dress to make the ‘Come and Take It’ banner that his fellow colonists adopted as their battle flag