(WEST TEXAS) Discharge certificate from the Army of the Rep

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(WEST--TEXAS.) Discharge certificate from the Army of the Republic of Texas. Partly-printed Document Signed by Barnard E. Bee, countersigned by clerk John Redman Jr.[?], additionally signed by the Board of Land Commissioners, Houston, illustrated with an engraved star. One page, 6 1/4 x 8 inches, with later pencil docketing on verso; folds, moderate foxing and wear. Houston, TX, 30 December 1837

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This certificate was issued to Private James Castello of Hall's Company A of the 2nd Regiment; his name is recorded elsewhere as Castillo. It attests that he is "honorably discharged from the army of the Republic of Texas" after more than 10 months of service. It is signed by Barnard E. Bee Sr. (1787-1853), Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas; his son Barnard Jr. was later a Confederate general.

We trace no other Republic of Texas army discharge certificates at auction. Wofford College holds another example of the same certificate, the only other one we have traced.