Original Republic of Texas Head Right, circa 1839This original Republic of Texas document certified that the named individual was entitled to buy one League and one Labor of Texas land. The price varied from a total of $1. 20 to $3. 50, depending on the quality of the surveyed tract. To encourage settlers to move to Texas and to earn premiums of additional land for themselves, the early Texas empresarios used the Mexican system of land allocation established in 1823. A Labor of land consisted of 177