Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Grover Sellers, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Sheriff of Brazoria County can legally pay his first assistant $2,000 per enum under Section 2 of Article 3902, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes.

Copy of transcript for a file with multiple documents concerning Santa Anna and issues relating to Texas's independence. Documents include: 1. a copy of the secret treaty between Santa Anna and Texas; 2. a statement by Santa Anna to Texas; 3. a copy of the public treaty between Santa Anna and Texas; 4. a memorandum regarding the treaties and communications with the United States; 5. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Collinsworth and Grayson; 6. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to an unknown recipient; 7. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to T. H. Benton; 8. a letter from Sam Houston to Andrew Jackson; and 9. a description of the boundaries and size of Texas by Stephen F. Austin.

Copy of transcript for a receipt for the sale of a slave named Simon from George B. McKinstry to Stephen F. Austin. In this document, McKinstry releases the title to Simon and guarantees his health.

Copy of transcript for an account for Stephen F. Austin for land surveys completed for colonists. They account was finally settled by James F. Perry after Austin's death.