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Title	Government of Texas $50.00 (fifty dollars) treasury warrant
County of Origin	Harris County
Town of Issue	Houston
Currency Type	Treasury Warrant
Denomination	$50.00
Bank Issuer	Government of Texas
Imprint	Draper. Toppan. Longacre & Co., Phila. & NY
Date Issued	Dec 15th 1838
Decade	1830-1839
Notes	This treasury warrant was issued in Houston by the Government of Texas. These were the first engraved notes issued by the Republic and were issued from January 15, 1838 to February 1839; the total amount was $650,629.00, not including reissues. A vignette of a sailor raising his cap and holding a flag with a single star appears in the upper- and mid-border of the left edge of the note; the number ''50'' appears below in the lower-left corner. A vignette of Justice seated is printed in the upper-center of the note; the number ''50'' is appears to the left and right of the vignette in an ornate scroll design. The abbreviation ''No.'' is printed twice along the top edge of the note; the number ''40'' is handwritten adjacent to both. The plate designation ''A'' is also printed in two places along the top edge. The following imprint appears in the upper-right corner of the note: Draper. Toppan. Longacre & Co. Phila. & NY. The note is signed on the recto by Henry Smith, Treasurer, and Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, President. Smith was known as the first American governor of Texas, during the provisional government operating from November 15, 1835 until March 1, 1836, as well as secretary of the treasury during Sam Houston's term as president, and a member of the House of Representatives during the Republic (TSHA). Lamar was a solider, the second president of the Republic, a respresentative of Nueces and San Patricio counties in the Second Texas Legislature, and the United States minister to Nicaragua and Costa Rica beginning in 1857 (TSHA). CR: H-21.
Rarity	R.3
Signatures	Henry Smith Treasr.; Mirabeau B. Lamar Prest.
Dimensions	8 x 18.5 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	HarrisHouston0000006_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	0000006r.tif; 0000006v.tif
Scan Path Number	Harris\Houston\0000006r
Rowe Catalog Number	67.01
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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