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
Partly-printed DS, signed “A. Horton,” “N. Hunt,” and with an “X” by John Robertson, one page, 7.75 x 5, February 15, 1838. An oath prescribed by the Republic of Texas Constitution in which Robertson swears “that I did not leave the Country during the campaign of the Spring of 1836 to avoid a participation in the struggle, that I did not refuse to participate in the War, that I did not aid or assist the enemy…I conceive myself to be justly entitled, under the Constitution and laws, to the quantity of land, for which I now apply—One League & One Labor.” In very good condition, with trimmed top edge, repaired missing upper right corner, scattered toning and soiling, intersecting folds, and several small edge chips.
The Republic of Texas rewarded those residents who aided in the fight for independence against Mexico by offering all heads of families living in Texas upon the declaration of the new republic the right to about 4,500 acres of land. Among those eligible were Robertson. Nathaniel Hunt and Alexander Horton, co-signers of this document, were among the men appointed to be local land commissioners—in this case for San Augustine—to settle disputes of land ownership, pass on claims for public lands, and prevent fraud. Horton had also served as aide-de-camp to Sam Houston and fought at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto. A great piece of early Texas history.
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