Texas Centennial DeWitt Descendants Signed [First Day Cover]

Object/Artifact

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The Lew Anvil Collection

Name/Title

Texas Centennial DeWitt Descendants Signed [First Day Cover]

Description

First Day Cover for 3c Texas Centennial commemorative stamp. Cachet features "TEXAS / CENTENNIAL YEAR / 1936," the “Come and Take It” flag, "FIRST TEXAS BATTLE / FLAG MADE AT / GONZALES," "MADE BY ELVIRA DEWITT / and used October 2nd, 1835 at / THE BATTLE OF GONZALES." Postmarked "GONZALES / MAR 2 1936 / TEXAS."

Context

Signed by seven direct descendants of Texas empresario Green DeWitt: Gus Harris DeWitt (great-grandson) Sue Minerva DeWitt Whittington (great-granddaughter) Nina Eloise Whittington Vance (great-great-granddaughter) Josephus Johnson DeWitt (great-grandson) Nina S DeWitt Eastland (great-granddaughter) Mary Ella Eastland Murphy (great-great-granddaughter) Eloise DeWitt (great-granddaughter)