President Polk's Authorization to Affix the Great Seal to Texas Statehood
Texas Memorial Museum
University of Texas at Austin

The text reads:

I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to an authenticated copy of "an act to extend the laws of the United States over the State of Texas and for other purposes" approved Dec. 29, 1845 dated this day, and signed by me and for so doing this shall be his warrant.

     James K. Polk
     Washington, Dec. 29, 1845