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Republic of Texas Government Bond, $100, 1840, Issued to WJ Hutchins [167068]

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Republic of Texas Government Bond, $100, 1840, Issued to WJ Hutchins  [167068]
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No. 192, issued for $100 to WJ Hutchins in 1840. Signed on the back by Hutchins. William J. was president and general manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. Hutchins, Texas is named after him. president and general manager of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. Signed by Charles DeMorse as Stock Commissioner and James B. Shaw as Comptroller. Two vignettes: allegorical woman and waterwheel. Southern Bank Note Co. Multiple cut/spindle cancels. Upper left corner missing. 10 coupons attached. 7.75 x 10" DeMorse, the Texas Stock Commissioner, was tasked with funding the republic's mounting public debt under President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Shaw was made chief clerk of the Treasury Department in 1838, and in 1839 was elected comptroller, a position that he held until 1859. Shaw frequently served as acting secretary of the treasury during Sam Houston's second administration. In December 1850 Shaw was sent to Washington, D.C., to collect the $5,000,000 payment of the federal government resulting from the Compromise of 1850. Texas Ken Prag Collection