John O MEUSEBACH / CERTIFYING THE RIGHTS OF THE GERMAN EMIGRATION COMPANY

Description: CERTIFYING THE RIGHTS OF THE GERMAN EMIGRATION COMPANY AND THEIR COLONISTS TO LANDS IN TEXAS, IN A PRINTED CERTIFICATE, DATED FEBRUARY 28, 1855 Author: MEUSEBACH, John O. Title: CERTIFYING THE RIGHTS OF THE GERMAN EMIGRATION COMPANY AND THEIR COLONISTS TO LANDS IN TEXAS, IN A PRINTED CERTIFICATE, DATED FEBRUARY 28, 1855 Publication: [Comal County, Texas: 1855] Description: Single sheet, 26.5 x 20 cm. Some age toning, else very good. Caption title: "Certificate No. [42], The State of Texas, County of Comal." John O Meusebach signs this certificate in type, as Commissioner, appointed under the provisions of an Act of Legislature entitled "an act supplemental to an act to secure to the German Emigration Company and their Colonists, the land to which they are entitled...approved 3d of February A.D. 1854." Henry Fr. Fisher, authorized agent of the German Emigration Company had appeared before Meusebach in New Braunfels on Feb. 26, 1855, asserting that the company had "introduced previous to the first day of September, 1847, over and above the number of heads of families and single men already proven up before Granville H. Sherwood, commissioner, the additional number of two hundred heads of families and four hundred single men, over the age of seventeen years," and that therefore the company was entitled to an additional 320 acres of land, as part of the Premium lands secured to them by law. John O. Meusebach (1812-1897), born in Dillenburg, Germany, was appointed Commissioner-General of the German Adelsverein in Texas in 1845, succeeding Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels. Between 1845 and 1847, he managed to acquire headrights in the Fisher-Miller land grant, treat with the Comanche, and found three other colonies in addition to the one at New Braunfels. Over 5000 German citizens arrived in Texas as settlers between 1845 and 1847. Despite Meusebach's efforts the colonies and the company struggled with planning and mismanagement problems and the intrigues of land speculators. Meusebach resigned his commission in July 1847, but in 1854, he received an appointment from the Governor of Texas Elisha Pease to issue land certificates "to those immigrants of 1845 and 1846 who had been promised them by the Adelsverein," the original name of the German Emigration Company. [see: his brief biography in the Handbook of Texas online]. Seller ID: 67125 Subject: Americana, Western Americana We are a Washington, D.C. based bookstore in business for over 40 years. We specialize in Americana and general Antiquarian books. Terms All orders ship within three business days. Standard mail is USPS Priority Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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