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 / by Mrs. Mary Austin Holley ; with an appendix, containing specific answers to certain questions, relative to colonization in Texas, issued some time since by the London Geographical Society ; also, some notice of the recent political events in that quarter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846, author.

Contributor:

Woods, John W., 1805-1886, printer.

Armstrong & Plaskitt, publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Texas--Description and travel.

Texas.

Texas--History--To 1846.

Travel.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (bookplate) (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

167, [1] pages, [1] leaf of folded plates : map ; 18 cm

Manufacture:

[Baltimore] : Printed by J.W. Woods, 1, N. Calvert street.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Armstrong & Plaskitt, 1833.

Summary:

A series of letters, written during a visit to Austin's colony, with a view to a permanent settlement.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2021 by Caroline F. Schimmel with her bookplate on front pastedown.

Cited in:

Sabin 32528

Checklist Amer. imprints 19353

Schimmel, C.F. OK, I'll do it myself (2nd ed., revised), 77

OCLC:

13975821