Description: Collectible Financial Paper-TEXAS 1865 Ken & Judy's: "Helping To Bring History Alive One Document At A Time"! Vintage 1865 - OFFERING Vintage AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL & OLD Promissory Note !!Offering Here (1) note as shown above: (Please Pay E.H.Gaylord,Victoria) !! E H Gaylord, Houston(Victoria), Texas May 25, 1865!! Houston, Texas Some Background (E H Gaylord): The Victoria Male Academy in Victoria was in operation for some time before February 1858, when William L. Callender replaced a Mr. Hatfield as head. Under Callender's direction courses were offered in Latin, Greek, English, mathematics, and natural sciences. In 1860 the city of Victoria erected the Male Academy Building and rented it to E. H. Gaylord, who apparently continued the school. E.H.Gaylord; a noted ex Confederate Cavalry man originally mustered from Victoria, Texas in 1861-The VICTORIA CALVARY COMPANY-24TH BRIGADE. The Twenty-fourth Texas Cavalry participated in more than thirty-five engagements during the war. In 1863 they participated in the battles of Arkansas Post, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap. At Arkansas Post the unit lost fifty-four men and nearly 200 at Chickamauga. Pvt. Fred House recalled that his company "started in with sixty-three men and came out with twenty-eight." In 1864 the Twenty-fourth Texas Cavalry fought in numerous battles in Georgia including the Atlanta campaign and the siege of Atlanta. They also fought in Gen. John B. Hood's winter campaign in Northern Georgia and Alabama, as well as the battles of Franklin and Nashville. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 an Uncommon Old,Original & Authentic Texas Bank Check . Very Good Condition- tear to edge as shown. Interesting post Texas CSA history Here! BUY WITH FULL CONFIDENCE. Shipped well packaged in archival acid free sleeve with acid free backing board by U.S. Mail. International Customers -We Use ebay's Global Shipping Program (shipping fees quoted are for domestic U.S. Only) We Regularly Sell Worldwide To Museums, Authors, Movie Prop Houses, Academicians & Better Collections WE WILL EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS AUTHENTIC Certificate Of Authenticity Add $3.00 to Purchase Price for Attractive Certificate Of Authenticity On Parchment With Embossed Foil Seal Issued By: Ken & Judy's Collectible Paper-Serving Collectors,Authors,Museums & Historians Since 1979! SHIPPED IN Free ARCHIVAL QUALITY POLY BAG !
Price: 75 USD
Location: Austin, Texas
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