Description:
Houston, Sam. Autograph Signature ("Sam Houston / Texas") as U.S. Senator, on a page removed from an autograph album. Also signed by Texas Congressman Thomas J. Rusk and two others. 4/75″ x 7.75″. Washington, DC: c1846-1857.A large Sam Houston signature; measuring 4″ long, with his characteristic florid "bee-hive" paraph -- unusual with him writing "Texas" between the signature and the paraph. Included is a handsome engraving.
Houston was an American general and statesman, who played an important part in the Texas Revolution and then served as both the first and the third President of the Republic of Texas.
Excellent; bold.