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 8005
- SHIPPING TO EARLY TEXAS IN 1826, Shipping of "Nankeens"
to the Rio Grande of Texas in 1827 through the Port of New
Orleans, 9" X 10", pre-printed and filled in manifest of a
shipment of Yellow Nankeens to Rio Grande that originated in Canton,
China and was at first sent to Philadelphia on the ship
"Phoenix" from Canton. The shipment arrived from Philadelphia
on the ship "Ohio" into the Port of New Orleans and then
shipped to the Rio Grande on the schooner "Catawba". Nankeens
were cotton pants that originated in China and derived their name from
the city that originated manufacture Nanjing. These
"nankeens" were a yellow color which was caused by the use of
particular cotton. These trousers were very durable and were most
certainly imported for use by the working class and slaves. By this
time Anglo settlers were coming into Texas from the Southern States
along with their slaves. The importer was Marc Crozot. A well-written
early Texas related document. Very
fine...............................................................................$75.00
238 - REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, 1842, 10" X 12" engraved by
Dower of London. A map of North America border colored in inks in
pastel colors showing the new Republic of Texas, Missouri Territory,
New California. An interesting early map before the War with Mexico in
1846, covers from Central America, north to
Canada..................................$350.00
239
- CALIFORNIA, TERRITORIES OF NEW MEXICO AND UTAH, 18" X
25" by Johnson 1862. Beautifully hand colored,
choice................................$145.00 240
- NEBRASKA, DAKOTAS, COLORADO AND KANSAS, 14" X 18"
by Johnson 1862. Hand-colored,
excellent................................$95.00
TEXAS CURRENCY
241 - THE
GOVERNMENT OF TEXAS, $10.00, 1839, Houston. Steamboat to left,
female seated, very fine. CC, nice and bright........................$250.00
242 - REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS, $1.00, 1841, Austin. Indian with bow at left, very fine.
CC, a very tough denomination. Quite nice............................$260.00
243 - REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS, $5.00, 1839. Indian seated, large 5. Very good. CC, still
a reasonably priced denomination.............................$255.00
244 - REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS, $10.00, 1844. Sailing ship, signed by Mirabeau Lamar.
Very good, CC...........................$275.00
Very fine piece..................................$295.00
245 - REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS, $20.00, 1841. Indian drawing bow, Amazon signed by Lamar.
Very fine. CC.........................................$345.00
AU CC..............................$385.00
246 - REPUBLIC OF
TEXAS, $50.00, 1841. Early steam naval ship, maiden in clouds,
signed by Lamar. Very fine. CC.......................$275.00
AU CC, rare so high grade.................$375.00
255 - A WESTERN MINER
WRITES ABOUT CONDITIONS AT FORT SCOTT, KS AND AFFAIRS WITH THE INDIANS KILLING
MINERS HEADING WEST, Fort Scott, KS, August 5th, 1864. 3 pages in ink to
his sister by S.S. Peterman...he describes his travels getting to Fort Smith
through Fort Gibson in the Cherokee Nation, the Osage Mission..."he is
among the living-he attended a Methodist camp meeting-all grades and colors were
in attendance - Preachers in this part of Kansas trying to raise money to build
churches in Fort Scott...thinks they will have a hard time doing that around
Fort Scott. Even the Military Chaplains here neglect their duties - the Post
Chaplain has preached only once this summer - he has bought up property here and
spends his time improving the property with a large detail of troops while he is
paid to preach! The Indians of the Plains have declared war on the white man and
has robbed the mail and killed immigrants that are going to the mines."
Comes with a biography of Peterman who was a miner in Arizona (San Juan mines)
and Colorado. Ran out by the Navajo in Arizona from his mining claim, had his
claim jumped in Colorado. He was pressed into military service for three months
by General Canby and then wound up at Fort Scott where he worked for the
government........................................$295.00
TEXAS RAILROADS 256
- HOUSTON AND BRAZORIA RAILWAY COMPANY, State of Texas, ornate
stock certificate for stock valued at $100, circulated 1870's. Lovely
vignette of a vintage train, crisp un-circulated, light tone,
un-issued..................................$30.00 257
- LAVACA NAVIGATION COMPANY, State of Texas, Lavaca, TX, 1850's.
Stock certificate for stock valued at $50 each. Vignette of a primitive
side wheel steamboat in the center, un-issued, mint condition, early
Texas steamship company...........................$25.00 258
- HOUSTON AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY OF TEXAS, dated at
Houston, TX, 1871. One share of stock at $100 each, issued and signed,
nice large 25 cent brown Washington revenue stamp affixed to the left.
Very fine............................$49.00
 8006
- PAY DUE A MEMBER OF CAPTAIN JOHN HAYES'S SPY COMPANY, TEXAS RANGERS
IN 1842, 10" X 11", pre-printed Republic of Texas
certificate granting George Voss, deceased, the sum of $127 for his
services in Captain Hayes's Spy Company in 1842. Dated March 17th, 1854
at Austin, Texas. Pre-printed and filled-in. Hayes was considered the
1st Texas Ranger. Information shows that this sum would have had to be
paid to his sister as his only heir. VOSS, JOHANN, GEORGE ANDREAS
(1809 - 1848?). George Voss, survivor of the Goliad Massacre and later
one of the Bexar prisoners in Perote fortress, son of Hans Peter and
Margaretha Elizabeth Voss, was born in Hamburg - Harburg, Germany, on
May 19, 1809. In October 1835, immediately after his arrival in Texas,
he rode into San Antonio intent upon joining the Texas army but instead
was seized by the Mexican commandant, Gen. Martin Perfecto de Cos, and
thrown into prison. After his release in December upon Cos's surrender
of San Antonio to the Texans, Voss was assigned to the company of New
Orleans Grays under Col. James W. Fannin at Goliad. He was still with
that company on March 20, when Fannin surrendered to Gen. José de
Urrea. Voss pretended to be a physician, and because the enemy valued
his supposed medical skills, his life was spared at the Goliad
Massacre. He was released from service in the Army of the Republic of
Texas on May 30, 1836. Subsequently, he is reported to have seen
"a great deal of frontier service," including several
Indian fights and six months' service in the Texas Rangers, from March
1 to August 31, 1842, in Capt. John C. Hayes's spy company. In
September 1842, Voss was working ass a merchant in San Antonio
when that city was invaded and captured by Gen. Adrián Woll on order
of the Mexican government. Voss was among sixty-two Texans who
surrendered in the plaza on September 11, 1842. With most of the other
Bexar prisoners, he was taken to Perote prison in Mexico, where he
remained until March 1844, when the Bexar and Dawson prisoners were
released through the efforts of Waddy Thompson, the United States
minister to Mexico (see DAWSON MASSACRE). Voss appears to have
returned to San Antonio after his release from captivity in Mexico. He
died sometime between January 14, 1846, when he appeared before the
justice of the peace in New Braunfels to give testimony regarding money
owed him by the state, and June 20, 1850, when witnesses appeared
before the commissioner for Texas in New Orleans to certify that George
Voss had died unmarried and interstate............................SOLD
  237
- GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER, Famous Civil War cavalry commander
as well as commander of the 7th US Cavalry during the Indian Wars.
Killed at Little Big Horn in 1876 with all of his men. An unusually
nice dated Civil War dated signature "G.A. Custer".
Acting Chief of Cavalry dated November 26th, 1864 as Major General. An
outstanding bold ink signature that is not clipped in any way as may
have seen on today's
market...............................................SOLD
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