San Felipe $300.00 (three hundred dollars) audited draft
Rating
Title
San Felipe $300.00 (three hundred dollars) audited draft
County of Origin
Austin County
Place of Issue
San Felipe
Currency Type
Audited Draft
Handwritten Value
$300.00
Bank/Issuer
San Felipe
Imprint
San Felipe
Date
January 20 , 1836
Date (EDTF)
1836-01-20
Decade
1830-1839
Notes
The place of issue is not shown on this audited draft ; however , San Felipe was the seat of government at the time the draft was prepared (1836) . San Felipe was established by Stephen F . Austin in July 1823 as the capital of his colony . The Consultation met in 1835 , and San Felipe became the seat of government from October 16 , 1835 to February 16 , 1836 . It was burned in April 1836 during the battle with Santa Anna , but was rebuilt in 1837 . The draft is addressed to 'Joshua Fletcher , Esquire ' and is handwritten on yellow or pink paper . No . 113 is written in the upper-left corner . The note is signed on the verso by H . C . Hudson , Controller , and John Wyatt Moody , Auditor (TSHA and TARO) . Moody was the auditor for the Provisional Government of Texas and later for the Republic (TARO and Texas History Page) . A plate designation of B , D , or G is written on the note . CR : P-2 .
Language
eng
Rarity
R.6
Signatures
H C . Hudson Controller ; J W . Moody Auditor
Dimensions
11 x 20.5 cm
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Process
Digitization process : scanned as 1200 ppi , 16-bits per channel , RGB.tif ; derivative created from recto and verso and resized as 3000 pixels on the long edge , 8-bits per channel RGB.jpg .
Upload File Name
rowe_barr_austincounty_sanfelipe_0000001_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
rowe_barr_austincounty_sanfelipe_0000001r.tif ; rowe_barr_austincounty_sanfelipe_0000001v.tif
Rowe Catalog Number
2
Digital Collection
Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details, see the https://www.smu.edu/libraries/degolyer/research/permissions web page. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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