Early Baseball TX Col. Sinclair Galveston GIANTS “Sand Crabs” RARE Doc. Signed

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Early Baseball Texas Col. Sinclair Galveston GIANTS “Sand Crabs” Rare Signed Document
WILLIAM HENRY SINCLAIR (1838-1897)
Civil War Colonel 1
st
Michigan Light Battery, Assistant Adjutant General for Army of the Cumberland. After the war he was stationed with the Union occupation of Texas. Sinclair was head of the Reconstruction Freedmen’s Bureau at Galveston, Texas and feel in love with the city! Elected to the Texas Legislature as a
Carpetbagger
Radical Republican, later Speaker of the Texas House. He was U. S. Revenue Collector, postmaster, Galveston Railway president and founded the Beach Hotel.
Col. Sinclair was an early baseball enthusiast, founder and first President of a
TEXAS LEAGUE
franchise in Galveston called the “
GIANTS
”, the locals called them the “
SAND CRABS
” they had the first outfield tally board for fans and “
Ladies Day
”!
Bold
signature of “
Wm. H. Sinclair
” on large (8.5” x 14”)
RARE
“Summary” page of Special Tax Stamp for Wholesale Liquor Dealers book. Black on buff paper filled in by hand of Sinclair showing 10 total tax stamps issued from book. “
Summary of Stamps and Coupons returned to Commissioner of Internal Revenue
” top center. Signed as
Revenuer of Texas.
Undated
,
usual aging,
Please
See ALL Pictures
,
otherwise…
FINE/VERY FINE/SCARCE!
STARTING BID .50
(
S&H
via USPS w/tracking)
Please see pictures for complete condition. Feel free to message me with any questions!