Manuscript document, one page, 7.25 x 3.75, February 27, 1836. A pay order, in part: “The Treasurer of the provisional Government of Texas. You will pay to Noah T. Byars or order nineteen Dollars—out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.” Signed at the conclusion by John McMullen as controller and J. W. Moody as auditor; not signed by Byars. In very good condition, with repaired separations to central vertical and horizontal folds, a couple chips, overall wrinkling, scattered staining, cancellation notations, and show-through from docketing to reverse. Byars owned the building rented for the then-assembled Convention of 1836, which resulted in the Texas Declaration of Independence being signed just three days later on March 2, 1836. Provenance: The Robert Davis Collection.
