October Legends and Americana Ending November 14th
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Partly Printed Document Signed “Sam Houston” as Governor of Texas, 2p, 8” x 4.25”, front & verso. Austin, Texas, January 29, 1861. Completed in manuscript. Toned at edges. Large cancellation “X” penned on each side. Signature and writing light but legible. Good condition.
Headed “Treasury Warrant.” In full, “The Treasurer of the State of Texas Will pay to Elijah Southword pr G S Fitzhugh Atty One hundred & twenty dollars, out of any money appropriated by act of February 3rd 1860 for Protection of the Frontier this amount being for Pay as Private in Capt. Fitzhugh’s Co. Mount Volunt.” Signed “C.H. Randolph” as Treasurer and “George I. Durham” as acting Comptroller.
Printed on verso “Agreeable to an Act of the Legislature approved February 14th, 1860, this Warrant will draw ten per cent per annum interest until paid.” Signed “Sam Houston” as Governor” and “George I. Durham” as acting Comptroller. Also signed along the right edge “G.S. Fitzhugh.”
Captain Gabe S. Fitzhugh's Company of Texas Mounted Volunteer Rangers protected the state’s frontier from Indians and Mexican marauders.
Texas declared its secession from the United States on February 1, 1861, just three days after Governor Sam Houston signed this document, and joined the Confederate States of America on March 2, 1861. Houston was replaced as Governor on March 18th when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.