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Title	Republic of Texas $105.00 (one hundred five dollars) audited draft
County of Origin	Harris County
Town of Issue	Houston
Currency Type	Audited Draft
Handwritten Value	$105.00
Bank Issuer	Republic of Texas
Imprint	Telegraph Print, Houston.
Date Issued	July 25th 1842
Decade	1840-1849
Notes	This audited draft was issued in Houston by the Republic of Texas. The left border of the note consists of ornate designs, including a leafy design in the center. 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; the number ''197'' is handwritten adjacent to it over a ruled lines. A dollar sign is printed in the upper-right corner of the note; the amount ''105.00'' is handwritten over ruled lines. The month and day, July 25th, are handwritten; the first two digits of the year, 18, are printed, and the last two, 42, are handwritten. The city of issue, Houston, is also handwritten. The note is payment for mileage incurred as a member of the House of Representatives. The word ''Paid'' is written vertically across the note. It is signed on the recto by Charles Mason, Auditor, and James B. Shaw, Comptroller, and on the verso by John Winfield Scott Dancy. 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, appointed first auditor of the Republic in 1839 by President Lamar, and 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). Dancy was a lawyer, soldier, politician, newspaper editor, and railroad development advocate (TSHA). As a politician he served as Fayette County representative to the Sixth Congress of the Republic of Texas, senator in the Second and Fourth state legislatures, and representative in the Sixth Legislature (TSHA).
Rarity	R.4
Signatures	Recto: Charles Mason Auditor; James B Shaw Comptroller. Verso: Jon W. Dancy
Dimensions	10.5 x 17.5 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	HarrisHouston0000064_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	0000064r.tif; 0000064v.tif
Scan Path Number	Harris\Houston\0000064r
Rowe Catalog Number	26.01
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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