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Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[HOUSTON, Sam]. Partly printed document accomplished in manuscript signed ("James Eagan"). 18 October 1830. Montgomery & Miller, Commission Merchants, Mouth White River, Ark’s. Terr. Little Rock: Wm. E. Woodruff, [1830?].
1 page, 4to, woodcut of a ship upper margin, some minor browning. A printed bill of lading form for goods to be transported to General Sam Houston. With notes in Dorman David's hand in pencil upper left.
Relating to Sam Houston's three-year travels among the Cherokee Indians, where he fled after resigning as Governor of Tennessee. The bill of lading is for items sent to Houston at Cant [i.e. Fort] Gibson, where he had settled following his marriage to Diana Rogers Gentry. The shipment, likely intended to help Houston furnish a new home, included a cooking stove, a coal stove, and a bathing tub.
[With:] An accompanying autograph letter signed from Montgomery Miller to Sam Houston, 18 October 1830. A cover letter enclosing the bill of lading.
Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler