Longtime friend of Sam Houston and participant in the Texas Revolution. Manuscript DS, signed “J. M. Allen,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 12.5, March 27, 1832. Manumission for a slave and her children. In part: “The citizen John M. Allen a resident settler of this colony, whom I certify I know, and declared that for the faithful services of his Negro slave Celia and tender care of his person and interests, moved by his spontaneous will…in the best form the law permits he raises, quits, renounces and abdicates totally all right, property, and dominion whatsoever which he has had and has in the person, labor and services off the above named Celia and the issue of her body: to wit her son Henry…her daughter Dolly Ann…her son Rankin…and her son Yarboro…and generally do whatever a freeman might lawfully do. For which end he, the said Celia and her children the issue of her body, does by the present henceforward forever emancipate, manumit and set free.” Signed at the conclusion by Allen, and also signed at the conclusion by Horatio Chriesman, Ira R. Lewis, and one other. Old tape repairs to a few small partial separations along horizontal folds, scattered toning and foxing, damp staining to hinge lightly affecting both pages, and scattered soiling, otherwise very good condition. The Robert Davis Collection, read more about Robert Davis. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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