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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1486

Houston, Samuel. Politician and soldier known for bringing Texas into the United States. Autographed Document Signed "Sam Houston" as Govenor of Tennessee. October 7, 1828. Nashville. One page, folio (12" x 15"), granting Thomas Shaw a parcel of "One hundred and fifty acres." The details of a survey are recorded by hand. Some minor foxing, and a few very small fold junction holes, but otherwise Very Fine+. Sam Houston was one of the most colorful figures in American history. He is the only person ever to be elected Governor of two different states, but he is best known for having won the Battle of San Jacinto and thus securing the independence of Texas from Mexico.

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