How to Sell Your Sam Houston Signature
To auction, sell or consign your Sam Houston signature please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
Here Are Some Sam Houston Signatures We Sold:
Sam Houston document signed as Governor of Tennessee, appointing Elihu S. Hall as Justice of the Peace for Davidson County. Signed on 17 November 1827 by Sam Houston at bottom, with an exceptionally large signature. Document measures 7.875” x 9.625”, with wax-based paper seal at left, accentuated by blue ribbon. Some toning, and discoloration at top left. Separation starting along folds, including 1.5” closed tear at top left horizontal fold. Overall in good to very good condition, with a large, bold signature by Houston. Sold for $5,625.
Sam Houston Signed TX Land Grant
Exceptionally large signature of Sam Houston on Texas land grant, signed as the Governor of Texas. Upshur County land grant is dated 5 February 1861 and measures 12.5″ x 14.75″ with Houston’s signature at bottom right measuring 1″ x 4″. State of Texas blindstamped seal on bottom left. Document folded into eighths, with toning along foldlines. Foxing present along edges. Three small holes along center foldlines and registration docket writing to verso. Document overall in good condition with bold large signature an exceptional plus. Sold for $4,936.
Sam Houston Autograph Letter Signed as Governor of Texas
Sam Houston autograph letter signed as the seventh governor of Texas, datelined Austin, 28 May 1860. Here, Governor Houston deflects a question about Texas history from G.H. Martin of Lynn, Massachusetts, by referring him to the “History of Texas” written by his friend Henderson King Yoakum. Letter reads in part, “For the information you desire, I can only refer you to ‘Yoakums History of Texas,’ published by ‘Redfield Publishers’ of New York. From that you will obtain all the information you can desire.” Boldly signed “Sam Houston” at conclusion. Letter is toned and lightly foxed with mounting remnants on verso. Overall in very good condition and accompanied by an engraved image of Houston, ideal for framing. Sold for $4,037.
Sam Houston Autograph Letter Signed as Texas Senator — Houston Lectures in the North on Slavery
Sam Houston autograph letter signed, dated 9 January 1852 as Senator from Texas. From Washington, Houston writes to Riva Griffith Owen referencing a series of lectures he gave across the North in early 1852 regarding slavery, in part: ”My Dear Sir, I expected to be in New York on the 18th Feby, and intended to be at Phila and Lecture, on my way, neither going, or returning…I fear it will not be in my power, on the 27th Inst. I hope February will do? You can write to me + say…I am truly / your Friend / Sam Houston”. In these 1852 lectures, Houston advocated for compromise regarding the expansion of slavery. He argued against the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, correctly believing it would lead to war, borne out in ”Bleeding Kansas” of the late 1850s. Single page letter measures 7.5” x 9.25”, handsomely framed in black and gold with an engraving of Houston, measuring 21.5” x 16.25” in total. Minimal foxing, otherwise near fine with bold writing. Sold for $3,781.
Sam Houston Autograph Letter Signed as Governor of Texas
Sam Houston letter signed, composed from Washington DC on 17 February 1827 when Houston served as U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, and the same year he was elected as Governor of Tennessee. In this intriguing letter, Houston writes to a Samuel M.D. Moore, Esq. regarding a story in “A Virginian” as well as a Letter to the Editor that Houston recently wrote for “The Telegraph” newspaper. Draft letter, with some portions struck out, reads in full,
Dear Sir, / Your letter to me of the 15th Inst in relation to your controversy has come to hand, and for the information which you ask, touching the last publication of ‘A Virginian’ I must refer you to a piece written by me, addressed to the Editor of the Telegraph, written previous to the receipt of your letter, and contained in to days paper, which is herewith inclosed.
You appear to be under a mistake as to the information contained in my first letter to you respecting the writer of ‘A Virginian.’ The information given by me would not warrant the inference drawn by you, that my ‘informant was the Editor himself.’ And in your letter inclosing me [sic] my first letter, you disclaim the fact that my letter had furnished you any inducements to your first ‘card.’
The information contained in my first letter to you I supposed was all that you would require to ‘enable you to determine on what course you would pursue.’ In your first letter you say ‘it being my intention to regulate my future conduct touching this matter by the information I receive from you.’
You request my advice as to the course which you ought to pursue in your affair with ‘A Virginian.’ [struck] I can by no means [?] the views which I entertain, have any thing further to do in the affair.
Your friend / & obt Servt / Sam Houston
This I must decline giving as I do not wish to have any thing further to do in the matter.”
Three page letter on bifolium stationery measures 7.75″ x 9.75″ as folded. Docketing on fourth page reads “Copy / to S. M.D. Moore / 17th Feby”; Moore’s name is also written next to Houston’s signature. Folds and light toning, else near fine. Sold for $3,000.
Sam Houston Signed Land Grant as Governor of Tennessee
Sam Houston signed land grant as Governor of Tennessee, dated 26 August 1828 in large script, with signature measuring nearly 5″ x 2″. Houston here grants 75 acres of land in Lincoln County to an Andrew J. Davis, complete with red wax-based paper seal for the state of Tennessee. Document measures 12″ x 15″. Foxing, toning and partial separation along folds, some repaired with archival tape on verso. Overall in good condition, with no loss of paper, and an excellent, pronounced signature by Houston. Sold for $1,300.
To auction, sell or consign your Sam Houston signature please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
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