Interesting partial document, 3×4, connecting Sam Houston and John C. Calhoun.
The front of the document has five partial lines of Houston’s handwriting:
owned to be correct to the pay rolls of Major Master at Nashville
With a fantastic signature and rank below:
Sam Houston late Lieut 1st Infantry
On the verso, John Calhoun endorses and signs “Pay cannot be allowed in both capacities, JCC”.
Dated February 15, 1821 by filing endorsement.
Very early Houston signed piece.
At this time, John Calhoun was serving as Secretary of War. After serving in the War of 1812, Sam Houston re‑entered federal military service in 1821, becoming a subagent to the Cherokee under the War Department.
Interesting partial document, 3×4, connecting Sam Houston and John C. Calhoun.
The front of the document has five partial lines of Houston’s handwriting:
owned to be correct to the pay rolls of Major Master at Nashville
With a fantastic signature and rank below:
Sam Houston late Lieut 1st Infantry
On the verso, John Calhoun endorses and signs “Pay cannot be allowed in both capacities, JCC”.
Dated February 15, 1821 by filing endorsement.
Very early Houston signed piece.
At this time, John Calhoun was serving as Secretary of War. After serving in the War of 1812, Sam Houston re‑entered federal military service in 1821, becoming a subagent to the Cherokee under the War Department.
