Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839 featured-selections Empress of India…etc

Empress of India…etc

as it was far easier to sail along the coast from New Orleans to the booming southeast corner of Texas than it was to arrive overland

Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The refugees could hear the cannon fire of the battle of San Jacinto

This original engraved map contains a wealth of information valued by any prospective immigrant

Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839 featured-selections Empress of India…etcThis original Republic of Texas document certified that the named individual was entitled to buy one League and one Labor of Texas land. The price varied from a total of $1. 20 to $3. 50, depending on the quality of the surveyed tract. To encourage settlers to move to Texas and to earn premiums of additional land for themselves, the early Texas empresarios used the Mexican system of land allocation established in 1823. A Labor of land consisted of 177