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Tobias Long Bond

Description: Article of agreement between Tobias Long and Michael Reed, with witnesses John Needham and Wilson Reed, in which Long agrees to pay Reed in the amount of ten thousand dollars in exchange for one league of land.
Date: December 7, 1836
Creator: Long, Tobias
Partner: Southwestern University

[Promissory note for Michael Reed]

Description: Promissory note given to Michael Reed by William C. Henderson.
Date: November 15, 1831
Creator: Henderson, William C.
Partner: Southwestern University

Thomason Bond

Description: Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel issued by Eli Thomason with witnesses John West and Joseph [?] in the amount of ten thousand dollars in exchange for 1 league of land in the Nashville Colony.
Date: January 16, 1836
Creator: Thomason, Eli
Partner: Southwestern University

[Wesley Selman's Bond]

Description: Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by Wesley Selman with witneses John West and Eli M. Thomason in the amount of ten thousand dollars for one league of land in the Nashville Colony.
Date: January 16, 1836
Creator: Selman, Wesley
Partner: Southwestern University

[Receipt of payment]

Description: Receipt of payment from Thomas R. Webb to J. Scofield in the amount of sixteen dollars for the service of surveying one-quarter league of land.
Date: December 15, 1838
Creator: Scofield, J.
Partner: Southwestern University

[Emancipation Claim for Slaves of James Buchanan]

Description: Legal document from James Buchanan expressing a claim for Emancipation of his slaves. The following sections of text include the dealings within the county courts of Mercer and April within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, where his claim for emancipation was acknowledged and ordered to be recorded.
Date: November 29, 1834
Creator: Buchanan, James M.
Partner: Two Rivers Historical Foundation

[Court summons]

Description: Court summons for Michael Reed to answer the petition of Josiah J. Crosby.
Date: March 2, 1839
Creator: Shepard, Thomas P.
Partner: Southwestern University

[Transcript of Colonization Contract between Stephen F. Austin and George Sutherland, February 19, 1830]

Description: Copy of transcript for a colonization contract between Stephen F. Austin and George Sutherland stipulating fees and terms. Families represented by Smith include: John Sutherland, William Manifee, William Heard, Joseph Rector, William Pride, Jesse White, Benjamin S. White, Samuel Rogers, Robert G. Grozier.
Date: February 19, 1830
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Agreement between Stephen F. Austin and Bartlett Sims, June 19, 1830]

Description: Copy of transcript for an agreement between Stephen F. Austin and Bartlett Sims, in which Austin agrees to pay Sims one half league of premium land by the Colorado River in exchange for improvements to the league at the head of Bay Prairie. Austin has already paid Sims cash for a portion of the cost of the improvements.
Date: June 19, 1830
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Surveying Contract between Joshua Hadley and Elias R. Wightman, February 18, 1831]

Description: Copy of transcript for surveying contract between Joshua Hadley and Elias R. Wightman, in which both men agree on the extent of the area that Hadley be responsible for surveying. Also agreed upon is the amount that Hadley will be paid per league and per quarter league, as well as, Wightman's responsibilities to plot and transcribe the notes and make reports to the central office.
Date: February 26, 1831
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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