1845 Admission of Texas Document

Robert J. Walker (1801-1869). Circular to Collectors and Other Officers of the Customs. Treasury Department, [Washington D.C.], 29 July 1845. 2 pages, 4to. Signed in type by Walker.

A circular issued by the United States Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker in order to "communicate the views and instructions of this Department, upon various important questions arising out of the new relations between Texas and the United States," written especially in light of the impending "admission of Texas as a State of the Union."

An interesting document revealing the logistical intricacies of admitting Texas as a state.

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