Surveyor/engineer by training. He commanded troops at the Battle of San Jacinto, became the Secretary of the Army for the Texas Republic, commanded the Snively Expedition looting Mexican commerce on the Santa Fe Trail in 1843, where his party encountered [eventually General] Crook and a party of U. S. Army troops and were forced to surrender all their arms despite the fact they were on Mexican territory, rather than U.S. Handwritten endorsement, signed “J. Snively,” on the reverse of a two-page manuscript document, 7.25 x 12.5, being a land survey for a tract of land for Richard Morris. Snively writes, in part, “I J. Snively Surveyor…do certify that I have examined the foregoing plot and field notes and found them correct…Given under my hand at Corpus Christi this 29th May 1847.” Double cloth matted and framed so both sides are visible, with two printed biographies, to an overall size of 21 x 19. In fine condition, with expected folds, light show-through from text on opposite sides, and some scattered light toning. Probably the single man in U.S. history most involved and successful with gold finds, lost treasure and lost mines, yet, he's probably also the least known. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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