^Lot 1255 Austin, Republic of Texas, Treasury Department, $25 Texas Navy warrant, April 23, 1841, serial 1118,

Austin, Republic of Texas, Treasury Department, $25 Texas Navy warrant, April 23, 1841, serial 1118, payable to chief engineer George Beatty of the steamship Zavala. According to Republic of Texas Navy records, George Beatty was the chief engineer on the Zavala, the first steamship-of-war in the Texas Navy. The Zavala was built in 1836 as the Charleston, then purchased by Texas in 1838, renamed, and armed; after two years of service, she was laid up and eventually sunk in Galveston. In 1986, the wreck of the Zavala was discovered by author and explorer Clive Cussler. AU with three crosscut cancellations as usual; bold ink signatures and decent paper quality.