Extremely rare partly-printed DS, signed "Mirabeau B. Lamar" and "David G. Burnet," one page, 15.75 x 14, June 25, 1839. Official Republic of Texas document appointing Cyrus Joy as "Consul of the Republic of Texas, for the Port of Philadelphia." Boldly and prominently signed at the conclusion by Lamar as president and by Burnet as acting secretary of state. The blue Texas seal affixed to the lower left remains fully intact. In very good to fine condition, with intersecting folds, scattered staining, and a small hole in the lower blank area. This is the first Lamar-Burnet document we have offered.
On December 10, 1838, Lamar was sworn in as president of the Republic of Texas. Though born in Georgia, he fell in love with the future Lone Star State during an 1834 visit to his friend, James Fannin, who also had recently moved and begun slave trading. Like Fannin, Lamar became a passionate revolutionary. During a return visit to Georgia to settle his affairs for the move, he learned of the massacres at the Alamo and at Goliad, where Fannin and 341 other Texas revolutionaries had been taken prisoner and executed by orders of Mexican general Santa Ana. Lamar rushed back to Texas and joined the revolutionary army as a private, where he was later commissioned a colonel on the field of San Jacinto just before the start of the battle and placed in command of the cavalry. During the battle, he distinguished himself by his bravery and quick action. After the Texan victory, Lamar was made secretary of war in the cabinet of President David G. Burnet, and in the fall of 1836 was elected vice president of the Republic of Texas.
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