The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 57, July 1953 - April, 1954 Page: 90
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
M iscellaneous ................................... 168,547.12
Sale of town lots in Galveston and Austin.......... 181,762.42
$2,441,863.01
Funds received in collection of revenues consisted of:
Audited drafts ... ....... .... .. $ 636,322.66
Treasury notes ................................. 648,074.00
Treasury bonds ................................. 40,100.00
Ten per cent stock ............................. 1o,ooo.oo
Land scrip . .... ............. . ..... 7,336.47
Exchequer bills ................................ 274,703.63
Specie and par funds* ........................... 484,979.44
Property taken in payment for taxes .............. 8,016.14
Special drafts, audited paper, and promissory notes. 73,125.53
$2,182,657.87
$ 259,205.14*
*Of what the par funds consisted is not explained in the reports; neither can the
difference of $259,205.14 be accounted for in the reports consulted. A part of this
sum was probably received in reissued notes, which had been received once before
in payment of dues.
Amount Brought Forward ....................... $2,182,657.87
Other receipts:
From United States loan commissioners, payable
September 30, 1839 . ....................... 80,ooo.oo
In post-notes of Bank of the United States,
Philadelphia, payable January 1, 1840. ...... 200,000.00
Acceptances in favor of J. P. Henderson......... 10,000.00
Government drafts on Hamilton and Burnley,
1840-1841 .................................. 167,380.00
Brookfield loan of 1835 ... .......... ......... 1,100oo.oo
Triplet loan of January 11, 1836"* ............. 20,070.00
Erwin loan of 1836"* ..... ....... .......... 45,820.00
Total revenue from taxes and loans ....... $2,707,027.87
This amount includes collections by the state for arrears to the Republic.
"*Liquidated by a grant of 153,357 acres and with $6,170.44 interest added by a
grant of 121,589 acres of land and by a payment of $5,ooo.oo in money to the heirs
of Erwin in February, 1852.
RECAPITULATION OF PUBLIC DEBT OF TEXAS
*April 11, 1837 .............................. ............... $ 570,163.44
*November 3o, 1837 ........................................ 1,090,986.45
September 30, 1838 ................ ........................ 1,187,525.32
September 30, 1839 ................................................ 3,102,083.35
September 30, 1840 ..... ..................... ............... 5,485,502.28
September 30, 1841 ................... ........ .............. 7,704,328.17
November 12, 1851 ....................................... 12,436,991.34
*Report of Henry Smith, secretary of the treasury. The two first items consisted
entirely of audited paper.
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 57, July 1953 - April, 1954, periodical, 1954; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101152/m1/108/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.