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[TEXAS. TEXAS ASSOCIATION.] A letter and three printed items relating to the Texas Association, including: MERCER, THOMAS FENTON. Autograph letter signed ("T. F Mercer") to Secretary of the Navy John Y. Mason, "National Hotel," 25 October 1845, 3 pages, 4to, original envelope, forwarding the following three items describing the vast Texas lands Mercer eventually sold to the Republic of Texas: "The interest you kindly manifested in my Texas colony induces me to send you the accompanying papers which supply nearly all the information which I could give upon the subject..."; MERCER. Printed broadsheet: "The Contract of Colonization...With the President of Texas," and "Agreement between Charles F. Mercer, Original Grantee...and the Stockholders of the Texas Association, January 29, 1844," n.p., n.d. [1845], 3 pages, folio, printed on pale green paper, a few small tears at fold intersections, a lengthy legal contract outlining the purchase terms between Mercer and President of Texas, Sam Houston and prospective settlers, page 3 (verso blank) with a hand-colored lithographic map of the Texas Association lands, entitled "Map of the Mercer Colony in Texas, May 1st, 1845," imprint of "Fishbourne's Lithog. 46 Canal Street," the map 222 x 236 mm. (8 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.); MERCER. Printed broadside: "Texas Colonization," with printed text of a letter from Mercer dated New Orleans, 20 August 1845, and an "Extract from the late Ordinance of the Convention of the People of Texas," n.p., n.d. [c.August 1845], 1 page, small 4to, printed in two columns, offering land in the Texas Association tracts, describing location and noting "title to the land may be obtained...after settlement, from the Texan Government, on condition of building on it a comfortable cabin, and enclosing and cultivating not less than 15 acres for three years..."; [MERCER]. Clipping from the Alexandria Gazette containing a letter from Mercer, 1 September 1845, with two ink corrections (probably by Mercer), 1 page, folio, two full columns text; together 4 items. (4)

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[TEXAS. TEXAS ASSOCIATION.] A letter and three printed items relating to the Texas Association, including: MERCER, THOMAS FENTON. Autograph letter signed ("T. F Mercer") to Secretary of the Navy John Y. Mason, "National Hotel," 25 October 1845, 3 pages, 4to, original envelope, forwarding the following three items describing the vast Texas lands Mercer eventually sold to the Republic of Texas: "The interest you kindly manifested in my Texas colony induces me to send you the accompanying papers which supply nearly all the information which I could give upon the subject..."; MERCER. Printed broadsheet: "The Contract of Colonization...With the President of Texas," and "Agreement between Charles F. Mercer, Original Grantee...and the Stockholders of the Texas Association, January 29, 1844," n.p., n.d. [1845], 3 pages, folio, printed on pale green paper, a few small tears at fold intersections, a lengthy legal contract outlining the purchase terms between Mercer and President of Texas, Sam Houston and prospective settlers, page 3 (verso blank) with a hand-colored lithographic map of the Texas Association lands, entitled "Map of the Mercer Colony in Texas, May 1st, 1845," imprint of "Fishbourne's Lithog. 46 Canal Street," the map 222 x 236 mm. (8 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.); MERCER. Printed broadside: "Texas Colonization," with printed text of a letter from Mercer dated New Orleans, 20 August 1845, and an "Extract from the late Ordinance of the Convention of the People of Texas," n.p., n.d. [c.August 1845], 1 page, small 4to, printed in two columns, offering land in the Texas Association tracts, describing location and noting "title to the land may be obtained...after settlement, from the Texan Government, on condition of building on it a comfortable cabin, and enclosing and cultivating not less than 15 acres for three years..."; [MERCER]. Clipping from the Alexandria Gazette containing a letter from Mercer, 1 September 1845, with two ink corrections (probably by Mercer), 1 page, folio, two full columns text; together 4 items. (4)