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Title	Provisional Government of Texas $100.00 (one hundred dollars) audited draft
County of Origin	Gonzales County
Town of Issue	Gonzales
Currency Type	Audited Draft
Handwritten Value	$100.00
Bank Issuer	Provisional Government of Texas
Imprint	None
Date Issued	28th November 1835
Historical Period	1830-1835
Notes	This audited draft was issued in Gonzales by the Provisional Government of Texas. It was issued for procuring supplies for the Volunteer Army of Texas. The entire note is handwritten and states the following: ''No. 1. / For $100$ / Gonzales 28th November 1835. / Three days after light please pay to the order of Andrew Ponton the Sum of One hundred dollars for the like sum received of him to pay expences [sic] incidental on procuring supplies for the Volunteer Army of Texas. To / The Provisional Government of Texas / San Felipe de Austin.... '' The following is written on the verso of the note: ''San Felipe De Austin / before me John W. Moody Auditor came Andrew Ponton and says the written instrument is Just and true and original / Sworn to 14th January 1836 / before J. W. Moody Auditor.'' Andrew Ponton (1804-1850) was a native of Virginia who arrived in Texas in December 1829 and received a land title on June 18, 1832. He served as the last alcalde of Gonzales, elected to that position in 1835. A member of the Gonzales Committee of Safety, he participated in the Battle of Gonzales. After the Revolution, he served as the first judge of the town, was a representative of Gonzales County in the Republic of Texas legislature, and served as the first chief justice of Lavaca County. Mathew Caldwell (1798-1842) has been called ''Old Paint'' for his spotted whiskers and ''the Paul Revere of the Texas Revolution'' for his activities as a courier during that conflict. A delegate from Gonzales and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Caldwell participated in the Council House Fight and the Battle of Plum Creek in 1840 and commanded Texan forces at the battle of Saldo Creek in 1841. John Wyatt Moody was auditor of the Army of the Republic of Texas.
Rarity	R.7
Signatures	Recto: Mathew Caldwell Sub Contractor Verso: J.W.Moody Auditor
Dimensions	6 x 24 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	GonzalesGonzales0000001_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	0000001r.tif; 0000001v.tif
Scan Path Number	Gonzales\Gonzales\0000001r
Rowe Catalog Number	1
Digital Collection	Rowe-Barr Collection of Texas Currency
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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