1835 Republic of Texas Manuscript Signed by Asa Brigham

$1,300.00 
DESCRIPTION

With its beautifully toned paper in great condition and clear and crisp script covering the majority of both sides of the document, this 1835 manuscript is signed by Asa Brigham, an integral figure of the Republic of Texas and signer of the Declaration of Texas Independence just a year following this.

DETAILS & MEASUREMENTS

  • Measures 8" width x 10" length

  • Good antique condition, with some folds and tears from age, but strong and clear ink to the handwriting and signatures

  • Estate papers dated May 15, 1835

DESCRIPTION

With its beautifully toned paper in great condition and clear and crisp script covering the majority of both sides of the document, this 1835 manuscript is signed by Asa Brigham, an integral figure of the Republic of Texas and signer of the Declaration of Texas Independence just a year following this.

DETAILS & MEASUREMENTS

  • Measures 8" width x 10" length

  • Good antique condition, with some folds and tears from age, but strong and clear ink to the handwriting and signatures

  • Estate papers dated May 15, 1835

➼ History & Context

One of the original signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, Asa Brigham was an integral part of the Republic of Texas, serving as Texas Treasurer multiple times before becoming Mayor of Austin in 1842.

Born in Massachusetts in 1788, Brigham started out as a tailor until a fire drove him to immigrate to Louisiana and then on to Texas in 1830. He held a number of local positions under Mexican leadership, including síndico procurador and comisario in Victoria, joined the Board of Health in Brazoria in 1832, then served as the Treasurer there.

When Texas became independent in 1836, Brigham was appointed auditor and named as Texas’s first Treasurer by President Sam Houston. After his third tenure as Texas Treasurer, Brigham was elected as Mayor of Austin in 1842.

Over his life he was a tailor and a ferry keeper, ran a mercantile company and held stocks in larger enterprises like the San Saba Colonization Company and the Brazos & Galveston Railroad. He also helped to found the Masonic Lodge in Brazoria, and was a charter member of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas in Houston.

Asa Brigham died in 1844 in Washington, TX.

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