Burnet, David G., Lorenzo De Zavala, and Joseph Vehlein Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company. [At Left:] No. [At Right:] 177 136/1000 Acres. [Engraved form of certificate at right to locate one labor of land in the company's grants]. [New York: E. S. Mesier's Lith. 1830], Broadside 31 x 20.1 cm, Map of northeast Texas, without title, (7 x 11 cm.) in lower left. A very good clean copy. "According to Dr. Barker … the sale of scrip to finance a company promoting the sale of Texas land was first undertaken in the summer of 1829, and he cites an instance of this which, as he says, was undoubtedly fraudulent. Dr. Barker does not give the form of the scrip he refers to, but it should be noticed that this certificate merely gives the holder the right to locate a certain area of land on the grants of the Galveston Bay Company and does not purport to give the holder any further interest." - Streeter. The company granting 177 acres of land in the combined colony grants of Brunet, Zavala, and Vehlein and the fine small engraved map shows their grants and Austin's Colony. Signed in ink by three company trustees Dey, Sumner and Curtis. A most handsome and probably the most important Texas stock certificate of the colonial era. Known in several denominations. Streeter, Texas, 1117; see also Streeter, Sale, 304 Price: USD 1,750.00 other currencies   order no. 291    inquire

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