Apr 11, 2002 - Sale 1930

Sale 1930 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 1,380
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DURING THE SIEGE OF BEXARAUSTIN, STEPHEN. Autograph Document Signed, as Commander in Chief of the Texas volunteers, to J. G. Smith, a promissory note of $90 in payment "for an express horse purchased and for the use of the army." 1 page, 2x7 1/2 inch sheet; light creases and soiling, endorsed on verso. Np, 17 November 1835
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Austin served as the Commander in Chief of the Texas Volunteers for only a brief time during the Texas Revolution, making this an uncommon signature, accomplished during the Siege of Bexar and only 4 days before turning over his command to Edward Burleson to assume diplomatic duties with the U. S. The Siege of Bexar (i.e. San Antonio) was the first major campaign of the Texas Revolution, lasting from October until December 1835, and resulting in a Texas victory.<