TEXANA
1839 REPUBLIC OF TEXAS CERTIFICATE FOR "ONE LEAGUE AND ONE LABOR" OF LAND.
SIGNED BY ONE OF THE EARLIEST TEXAS RANGERS AND COUNTY "CHIEF JUSTICE"
(TEXAS RANGERS) BEVIL, JOHN R.
(Born about 1809 - ?) He came to Texas prior to 1830. As a delegate
from the municipality of Bevil, he attended the 
Consultation in 1835.
During the Revolution he supplied the Jasper Volunteers and in 1837, served as a
private in W.C. Swearingen's Company of Rangers at the Port of Sabine.
Bevil was Chief Justice of Jasper County from February to August, 1839. Document
Signed, partly printed document, signed as "president (of the Board
of Land Commissioners of Jasper County in and for the Republic of Texas), being
certificate No.. 263, to one Daniel Ganthan ("...appeared before the Board
of Land Commissioners for the county of Jasper and proved according to the law
that he arrived in this Republic in the year AD 1834 and that he is a married
man and entitled to one league and one labor of land upon the condition of pay
at the rate of three dollars and fifty cents for each labor of irrigable land;
two dollars and fifty cents for each labor of temporal or arable land and one
dollar and twenty five cents for each labor of pasture land which may be
contained in the survey secured to him by this certificate." A large
star, symbol of the Lone Star State, is printed at the top of the
document. Boldly signed by Bevil. Also signed by one W.H. Stark,
Commissioner and A.G. Parker, witness. On the verso the original grantee
has assigned the certificate to a purchaser. Scarce and desirable early
Texana item...(Age toned and lightly foxed)...[7174]....$795.00
ORIGINAL SIGNED COPY OF A PATRIOTIC SPEECH BY OVETA CULP HOBBY,
HEAD OF THE WAC'S IN W.W. II
(W.W. II) (CABINET) (FEMINISM) (TEXANA) HOBBY, OVETA
CULP. Commander of the W.A.C.'s in W.W. II; Secretary of Health, Education, & Welfare under Eisenhower. Wife of
W.P. Hobby, a former Governor of Texas and owner of the Houston Post. Mrs. Hobby's copy of a patriotic speech,
undated, but circa 1945, two typed pages, 8 1/2" x 14", with
numerous pencil corrections in her hand. Signed at the end in pencil: "Mrs.
W.P. Hobby" beneath which she has written in pencil: "My dear Mr. Templeton: Will this do? You are privileged to change it as you like. Mrs. Hobby". Actually signed twice, and with a scarce form of her signature as her usual signature is
"Oveta Culp Hobby". In part: "Texas women in large numbers crossed the seas dedicating themselves to helpful service. Those remaining behind participated in the various war activities with zest and enthusiasm. Red Cross work was entered upon by practically every woman in the state...The women campaigned for the liberty loans, collected with untiring hands and hearts full of tenderness funds for the alleviation of suffering attendant upon the pitiless war...These noble women seek no recognition nor reward for the services rendered; it was a service of love. No tablet will reflect the record and no monument mark the magnitude of their work, but deep in the hearts of the manhood of Texas will be the consciousness that the women of Texas were their comrades in arms, marching with them and now rejoicing with them in the triumph of democracy over a militant and destructive autocracy..." Fine WW II, feminist, and Texana
item...[2356]..++..$295.00
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS LAND GRANT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT MIRABEAU B. LAMAR
LAMAR, MIRABEAU B. (1789-1859).
Third President of the Republic of Texas
(Dec. 10, 1838 - Dec. 13, 1841). Served in Sam Houston's force and fought inn
the Battle of San Jacinto (April 21, 1836); Vice President of the Republic
(1836). When Lamar became president, Texas was in a very precarious
situation. Only the U.S. had recognized her independence and Mexico
was threatening re-conquest. Texas had no commercial treaties; the Indians
were menacing; the treasury was empty and currency was
depreciated. Lamar diverted the thoughts of Texans from their problems of
the moment to laying the foundation of a great empire. Lamar, initially
opposed annexation, thought Texas should expand to the Pacific Ocean.
Later, he reversed himself and favored
annexation. he was a visionary and
had great personal charm. After leaving office, he fought with Zachary
Taylor in the Mexican War, where he commanded the Texan Mounted
Volunteers. In 1857 he was appointed U.S. Minister to Nicaragua and
Costa Rica. DS, 14.75" x 12.75", vellum, as
President of the Republic of Texas, being a grant of 640 acres of land in Jefferson County of one Harvey Tilley, City of Austin, Aug. 13, 1841,
"...the year of the Independence of said Republic the Sixth."
Has very clear 2.5" blind embossed seal
of the Republic of Texas with all wording sharply defined. Clean
and
fresh. A pristine example of this
seldom offered great statesman.............[10843]...................$795.00
(OLD WEST) (TEXANA) (ART) REAUGH, FRANK (1860-1945) Texas
artist 
known
as "Painter of the Longhorn". Original Drawing of a Texas Longhorn
steer, 4.5" x 3", drawn in sepia art pencil, and signed "F.
Reaugh". Handsomely matted and framed. Overall size: 12" x 12".
A magnificent and very rare signed drawing, beautifully displayed
........[2282-5]................$2500.00
"FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS"
CIVIL WAR DATE ADS OF TEXAS GOVERNOR O.M. ROBERTS
WRITTEN AS A CONFEDERATE COLONEL
ROBERTS, ORAN M. Gov. of Texas (1879-1883). Inaugurated "Pay as you Go" policy to end a state government deficit. His two terms were distinguished for educational legislation. An act provided for a University of Texas pursuant to a Constitutional Mandate.
ADS, 7.5" x 6", on lined gray paper: "Headquarters, 11th
Texas Infantry, Camp Clough, July 16, 1862, Special Order #55. Provides that Lt. Col. James H. Jones, Capt. Milton Mast, and Capt. Thos. Smith are appointed as a Board of Administration" for the 11th Texas regiment. Boldly signed as Colonel. Nice Texana
item...... ...................[4703].......$175.00
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS HERO WHO WAS ONE OF FEW OFFICERS TO SERVE IN EVERY THEATRE OF WAR: BEXAR, GOLIAD, AND SAN JACINTO!
(REPUBLIC OF TEXAS) (BATTLE OF BEXAR, GOLIAD, SAN JACINTO) (BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS) SMITH, BEN FORT
was one of the most interesting of the Heroes of the Texas Revolution,
having served as a major under Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in
the War of 1812 and been U.S. Agent to the Chickasaws and Mississippi
legislator before settling in Austin’s Colony in Texas, where he set up a
slave-running operation into Texas from Cuba. During the Texas Revolution, he
was a member of the Consultation and an officer under S.F. Austin in the Siege
of Bexar. He raised a company of men and donated eleven leagues of land to the
Texas government, and served at San Jacinto as Houston’s Adjutant General.
He also served for a time as commandant of Goliad, thus making him one
of the only officers to serve in virtually every 
theater of the war. He was
sent with Henry Teal as Texas Commissioner to deliver the Treaty of Velasco to
Filisola. During the Republic he served as Texas Ranger Captain on Indian
campaigns and as Congressman, where he became even more famous as author of
the Bankruptcy Law and for freeing his slaves.
Republic of Texas Stock Certificate, payable to and signed on
verso by Benjamin F. Smith. Also signed by E.M. Pease, as comptroller. Pease
was
later Gov. of Texas. Certificate is for one share of $100. 6 5/8” x 3.5”,
Houston, Sept. 1, 1837. Usual cancellation slashes which do not touch or
affect signatures. Fine...[3180]...$350.00
WW II PROCLAMATION OF GOV. COKE STEVENSON DECLARING "NURSE RECRUITMENT WEEK"
(WW II) STEVENSON, COKE. Gov.
of Texas (1941-47). Defeated for
the U.S. Senate by Lyndon Johnson by 87 votes in the highly controversial 1948
senatorial election which many believe was stolen from him in the now infamous
box 13 in Duval County where, miraculously, many dead people came back and
voted for Lyndon. DS,
8.5" x 14", official proclamation declaring the week of Dec. 26-30,
1944 "Nurse Recruitment Week" in Texas.
Boldly signed and dated Dec. 22, 1944.
Has official state seal and co-signed by Sidney Latham, Secretary of
State. Uncommon and desirable
Stevenson item...[4383]........$150.00
(TEXANA)
(AUTHORS) WEBB, DR. WALTER
PRESCOTT. Author & historian. Brief ALS on bottom of letter to him from a collector asking him to sign copies of three of his books (about the Texas Rangers and Great Plains) and mentioning J. Frank Dobie. Webb has written a 10 line response at the bottom of the letter regarding where to send the books. Not common and excellent association value.
[1336].+.$75.00