TRAVIS, William Barret (1809-1836), Texas patriot, killed at the Alamo. Autograph document signed ("W. Barret Travis Lt. Col. of Cavalry") with an additional autograph document signed ("W. B. Travis") on the verso, as Lieutenant Colonel, Republic of Texas Army, n.p., 5 October 1835 and 20 January 1836. 2 pages, small oblong 4to, 160 x 200 mm. (6¼ x 77/8 in.), lightly browned, left margin chipped . Enclosed in quarter green morocco protective slipcase, gilt-lettered spine. Very rare. WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS, EN ROUTE TO THE FATAL ENCOUNTER AT THE ALAMO A vivid document, requisitioning horses for the Republic of Texas provisional cavalry, boldly headed "The State of Texas," dating from a pivotal juncture in Texas' history. and signed twice by one of Texas' legendary figures, Travis. Leading a small party of Texans to Gonzalez, where the first battle of the Texas Revolution was being fought, William Barret Travis issues a voucher to pay "Mrs. Kenner...$30.00...[for] 1 horse pressed by J. B. Johnson [into]...service..." Both Travis and Johnson have signed the document at lower right. On the verso, Travis pens an autrograph endorsement certifying the previous promissory note: "This may certify that the within horse was pressed...& delivered to me..." Two weeks after affixing his second signature to this document, the 27-year-old Travis and his party of 25 men reached the Alamo. On 23 February, Santa Anna's army arrived to begin the siege whose results are so well known. Travis was killed early in the battle, on 6 March. Travis's letters and documents rare in the marketplace: since 1975 only eight are recorded at auction by American Book Prices Current. No letter or document of that group is dated so close to the Alamo's dramatic siege and Travis's death as the present.
TRAVIS, William Barret (1809-1836), Texas patriot, killed at the Alamo. Autograph document signed ("W. Barret Travis Lt. Col. of Cavalry") with an additional autograph document signed ("W. B. Travis") on the verso, as Lieutenant Colonel, Republic of Texas Army, n.p., 5 October 1835 and 20 January 1836. 2 pages, small oblong 4to, 160 x 200 mm. (6¼ x 77/8 in.), lightly browned, left margin chipped . Enclosed in quarter green morocco protective slipcase, gilt-lettered spine. Very rare. WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS, EN ROUTE TO THE FATAL ENCOUNTER AT THE ALAMO A vivid document, requisitioning horses for the Republic of Texas provisional cavalry, boldly headed "The State of Texas," dating from a pivotal juncture in Texas' history. and signed twice by one of Texas' legendary figures, Travis. Leading a small party of Texans to Gonzalez, where the first battle of the Texas Revolution was being fought, William Barret Travis issues a voucher to pay "Mrs. Kenner...$30.00...[for] 1 horse pressed by J. B. Johnson [into]...service..." Both Travis and Johnson have signed the document at lower right. On the verso, Travis pens an autrograph endorsement certifying the previous promissory note: "This may certify that the within horse was pressed...& delivered to me..." Two weeks after affixing his second signature to this document, the 27-year-old Travis and his party of 25 men reached the Alamo. On 23 February, Santa Anna's army arrived to begin the siege whose results are so well known. Travis was killed early in the battle, on 6 March. Travis's letters and documents rare in the marketplace: since 1975 only eight are recorded at auction by American Book Prices Current. No letter or document of that group is dated so close to the Alamo's dramatic siege and Travis's death as the present.
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