Important Alamo Document Brings $137,500 In Heritage's Texana Sale

May 11, 2017

An historically important document signed by William Barret Travis, securing black walnut wood to help build a garrison just days before the Alamo was attacked by Mexican forces, sold for $137,500 in Heritage Auctions’ Texana and Western Americana auction on March 24 in Dallas, Texas.
Three days after the date of the document, American lawyer and soldier William Barret Travis wrote a letter, possibly the most famous document in Texas history, calling on Texans in particular and Americans in general to come and help defend the Alamo, vowing never to surrender or retreat and adding the words "Victory or Death" before his signature.
Among the auction’s other top lot honors included two rare maps. One was A.R. Roessler’s 1874 “Latest Map of the State of Texas,” considered the best contemporary record of agricultural and mineral wealth, which sold for $35,000. The other was J. Eppinger and F.C. Baker’s 1851 “Map of Texas, Compiled from Surveys Recorded in the General Land Office,” which sold for $32,500. An 1851 “Map of Texas” by K.W. Pressler and V. Völker realized $6,250.
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