Signed With an "X" by a Buffalo Soldier in Texas

[Texas]: [Buffalo Soldiers]: [Robinson, John]:

[Pay Receipt for Private John Robinson, Noting His Discharge Pay for Travel from Texas to His Home in St. Louis].

[Las Rusias, Tx.]: September 16, 1874. Partially-printed document, completed in manuscript, 11 x 8.5 inches, printed docketing on verso, also completed in manuscript. Old folds, minor wear, a couple of tiny nicks to the edges. Very good. Item #5077

An interesting pay voucher issued to Private John Robinson upon his discharge from Company H of the 9th U.S. Cavalry, more commonly known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Here, Robinson receives just over $110 for wages owed and travel expenses from Las Rusias, Texas to St. Louis. Las Rusias is a Texas border town just a mile north of the Rio Grande near Harlingen. Most interestingly, Private Robinson has signed the document at bottom right with a small "x," which is surrounded by a secretarial signature reading, "John Robinson his mark." A somewhat early Buffalo Soldier's document from the wilds of the Texas borderlands, which are rare to find signed by the soldiers themselves.

Price: $250