J. R. Poinsett-Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company certificate, 1830 Oct. 16.

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J. R. Poinsett-Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company certificate, 1830 Oct. 16.

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This one item collection consists of a certificate issued to J.R. (Joel Roberts) Poinsett by the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company in New York on October 16, 1830. The certificate transfers land in eastern Texas from Lorenzo De Zavala, Joseph Vehlein, and David G. Burnet to Poinsett.

1 item; 32 cm.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417376

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company

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On October 13, 1830, Joseph Vehlein, David G. Burnet, and Lorenzo de Zavala established the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company in New York in order to sell land in their Texas colonies. The company sold scrip to individuals as well as companies, which in turn sold the scrip to subscribers. John T. Mason became the company’s agent in 1831 and George A. Nixon its land commissioner three years later. By 1835, the company was establishing hotels and warehouses in New Washington, Texas...

Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851

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Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and politician. Poinsett served as the U.S. Secretary of War under President Martin Van Buren from 1837 to 1841. From the description of Letters, 1837-1839. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522812 U.S. diplomat and secretary of war. An amateur of natural history, he imported and cultivated the Mexican flower named in his honor, and was one of the founders in 1840 of the National Institu...