Moses Austin Bail Bond Signed

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Moses Austin Bail Bond Signed. One page, 7.5" x 12.5", Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, April 5, 1812. This document, which pertains to the case of Carr & Elliot v. Bates, reads in part:"A writ of capias ad respondendum commands the sheriff (or other proper public servant) to deliver the defendant, often under arrest, to answer the plaintiff. In 1796, Moses Austin (1761-1821), the father of Stephen F. Austin, settled in Missouri, then part of Upper Spanish Louisiana. He mined lead in southeastern Missouri and shipped it from the Mississippi River port town of Ste. Genevieve, where this writ was served. Austin's Missouri lead business venture was not successful, and he ran into trouble in after 1812 for not paying his debts, so he traveled to Texas in 1820 in search of other opportunities. After receiving a grant to bring 300 colonists to Texas, he returned to Missouri to make preparations for his new Texas colony. Just two months after arriving back in Missouri, however, he died, but not before requesting his son Stephen to carry out his plan to begin a colony in Texas. This document, on toned laid paper, has a slightly uneven left edge. With usual folds. Grade: 0, Service No.: 0
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