Texas: observations, historical, geographical and descriptive : in a series of letters, written during a visit to Austin's colony, with a view to a permanent settlement in that country, in the Autumn of 1831

Title:

Texas: observations, historical, geographical and descriptive : in a series of letters, written during a visit to Austin's colony, with a view to a permanent settlement in that country, in the Autumn of 1831

Creator:

Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846

Abstract:

Mary Austin Holley, a Connecticut native, was the first Anglo-American to write and publish a book about Texas. Holley records her impressions and experiences of her 1831 visit and includes a map of the State of Coahuila y Tejas that shows the major rivers and land grants. Stephen F. Austin, her cousin, reserved land for her on Galveston Bay where she lived during her subsequent visits to Texas. Acquired with support from the Louise and Floyd Chapman Endowment for Texas History.

Issued:

1833

Subject:

Texas--Description and travel and Texas--History--To 1846

Rights:

A copyright review process in April 2022 has determined that this particular item is in the public domain. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Spatial:

Texas

Attribution:

Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846 and A copyright review process in April 2022 has determined that this particular item is in the public domain. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Description:

Held in the Floyd and Louise Chapman Texas and Borderlands Collection at Cushing Memorial Library and Archives on the campus of Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas.

Exhibit Tags:

Immigration and Land Grants

Call Number:

F389 .H73 1833

Language:

eng