Notice. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company, for the choice of directors and such other business as shall require the attention of the shareholders ... will be held at the Exchange Coffee House ... New York, on the first Monday of November next ... [183

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Notice. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company, for the choice of directors and such other business as shall require the attention of the shareholders ... will be held at the Exchange Coffee House ... New York, on the first Monday of November next ... [1835]

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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...