1839. Document accounting for expenses of travel for delivering election returns . Signed by Reuben M Potter. Potter secured the freedom of the condemned Texans captured by Santa Anna during the Revolution, and he was also the immortal author of the “Hymn of the Alamo”. Signed at Velasco on June 30, 1839. Original Velasco custom house document signed by Potter as Deputy Collector of the Port. An early Maritime document of the Republic completely in Potter’s hand and bearing a magnificent signature. Of indescribable rarity, as most Republic of Texas Port records were captured and taken to Washington after the Civil War and placed in the National Archives. $495