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Serial Number 1 (Columbia, TX)- Collector of Public Dues for the Department of Brazos Dues Receipt $40.40 Dec. 9, 1836 Cr. UNL...
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Serial Number 1 Receipt
Serial Number 1 (Columbia, TX)- Collector of Public Dues for the
Department of Brazos Dues Receipt $40.40 Dec. 9, 1836 Cr. UNL
Medlar UNL PCGS Banknote Uncirculated 62.In March 1834, the legislature of the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas established the Department of the Brazos in the area between the Lavaca River and the Brazos-Trinity watershed, extending from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Red River in the north. San Felipe de Austin (known as San Felipe) was made the capital of the new department. San Felipe was the first urban center in Stephen F. Austin's colony. Today, it is located in Austin County. San Felipe was the Republic of Texas' capital from October 16, 1835, to February 16, 1836. The capital would be moved in rapid succession to Washington-on-the Brazos, to Velasco, and then to Columbia. In the meantime, after the fall of the Alamo, Sam Houston's army retreated through San Felipe. A small garrison remained at the Brazos Crossing at San Felipe. It was commanded by Moseley Baker and he ordered the town evacuated and then burned it in order to keep San Felipe from falling into the hands of the advancing Mexican army. Shocked residents hastily gathered what they could before fleeing eastward during the incident known in Texas history as the Runaway Scrape. One of the last escaping civilians was San Felipe newspaper publisher Gail Borden, whose printing press and type were seized by Mexican troops and thrown into Buffalo Bayou. Shortly, thereafter Santa Anna and the Mexican Army were defeated at San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. From October 1836 to December 1836, the capital of Texas was in Columbia. Borden got a new printer shipped to him from Cincinnati, and he set up his Telegraph and Texas Register newspaper in Columbia. Besides printing the newspaper, Borden also printed forms and documents for the Republic of Texas. The Serial Number 1 receipt in this lot is made out to G(ail) Borden Jr., who very well may have printed this form. The receipt in this lot is for one of three instalments on one league of land being purchased by Borden. We have also auctioned another instalment receipt for this land transaction. It bears Serial Number 1, too. It graded PCGS Banknote 63 and, in October 2025, it realized $1,200. A small edge tear is located in the lower left corner.
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2026 January 13 - 16 FUN U.S. Currency Signature® Auction #3600 (go to Auction Home page)
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