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THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS GRANTS A LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO THE FUTURE FIRST CONFEDERATE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
A IMPORTANT AND RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY SAM HOUSTON, 1838
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A IMPORTANT AND RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY SAM HOUSTON, 1838
An ALS as President of Texas ("Sam Houston"), Executive Department, 14 November, 1838. Granting a leave of absence for Francis R. Lubbock. Framed with a later print of Houston.
Francis R. Lubbock (born, October 15, 1815, South Carolina - died, June 22, 1905, Austin, Texas). Brother of Tom S. Lubbock, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Texas Ranger, and Confederate officer, the City of Lubbock, Texas was also named after him.
In 1837 Francis Lubbock became clerk of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas. President Houston appointed him comptroller, but he soon transferred to as adjutant of a command to protect the Texas Frontier.
In 1841 Houston again appointed him comptroller, but he soon resigned after a brief time in this capacity. He was shortly elected district clerk of Harris County, serving sixteen years in that position. He was then elected Lieutenant-Governor of Texas under the administration of Governor Runnel.
Lubbock was elected the first Confederate governor of Texas, but he served one term, prefering to enter military service. While in Louisiana he was recruited by by President Jefferson Davis to serve in his staff in Richmond.
Lubbock and Davis were captured together and imprisoned by Union troops. He was kept in solitary confinement until released at the end of 1865.
Returning to public service in Texas he became State Treasurer a position he held through the 1880s. He set down the story of his life in his momoirs entitled Six Decades in Texas, published 1900.
An ALS as President of Texas ("Sam Houston"), Executive Department, 14 November, 1838. Granting a leave of absence for Francis R. Lubbock. Framed with a later print of Houston.
Francis R. Lubbock (born, October 15, 1815, South Carolina - died, June 22, 1905, Austin, Texas). Brother of Tom S. Lubbock, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Texas Ranger, and Confederate officer, the City of Lubbock, Texas was also named after him.
In 1837 Francis Lubbock became clerk of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas. President Houston appointed him comptroller, but he soon transferred to as adjutant of a command to protect the Texas Frontier.
In 1841 Houston again appointed him comptroller, but he soon resigned after a brief time in this capacity. He was shortly elected district clerk of Harris County, serving sixteen years in that position. He was then elected Lieutenant-Governor of Texas under the administration of Governor Runnel.
Lubbock was elected the first Confederate governor of Texas, but he served one term, prefering to enter military service. While in Louisiana he was recruited by by President Jefferson Davis to serve in his staff in Richmond.
Lubbock and Davis were captured together and imprisoned by Union troops. He was kept in solitary confinement until released at the end of 1865.
Returning to public service in Texas he became State Treasurer a position he held through the 1880s. He set down the story of his life in his momoirs entitled Six Decades in Texas, published 1900.