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Title	Republic of Texas $62.30 (sixty-two dollars and thirty cents) audited draft
County of Origin	Harris County
Town of Issue	Houston
Currency Type	Audited Draft
Handwritten Value	$62.30
Bank Issuer	Republic of Texas
Imprint	Telegraph Print, Houston.
Date Issued	June 13th 1842
Decade	1840-1849
Notes	This audited draft was issued in Houston by the Republic of Texas. Houston was established in 1836 to replace Harrisburg, which had been burned by Santa Anna. Named after Sam Houston, it was the seat of government from April 19, 1837, to January 18, 1840. The left border of the note consists of ornate designs, including a vignette of Liberty seated within a roundel holding a shield and a liberty pole and cap. Two roundels with stars are printed above and below the vignette. The imprint ''Telegraph Print, Houston.'' appears within the left border. Printer designs border the top, bottom, and right edges of the note. The abbreviation ''No.'' is printed in the upper-left corner of the note; the number ''83'' is handwritten adjacent to it. A dollar sign is printed in the upper-right corner; the amount ''62.30'' is written adjacent to it. The note is signed on the recto by Charles Mason, Auditor, and James B. Shaw, Comptroller. It is signed on the verso by Shaw and a second illegible signature. Mason fought in the Battles of Bexar and San Jacinto and received 640 acres of land for his service (Old Gonzalez Eighteen). In addition he was chief clerk for the secretary of war in 1837, was appointed first auditor of the Republic in 1839 by President Lamar, and was acting secretary of war from 1838-1839 (Old Gonzalez Eighteen). Shaw was comptroller from 1839-1859, was often acting secretary of the treasury during Sam Houston's second administration, and represented Texas in Washington D.C. in 1850 to collect $5,000,000.00 from the government as payment from the Compromise of 1850 and the sale by Texas of parts of News Mexico and Colorado (TSHA). CR: HW-13.
Rarity	R.4
Signatures	Recto: Charles Mason Auditor; James B Shaw Comptroller. Verso: James B Shaw; [illegible]
Dimensions	10 x 19 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	HarrisHouston0000051_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	0000051r.tif; 0000051v.tif
Scan Path Number	Harris\Houston\0000051r
Rowe Catalog Number	25
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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