Texas. / by Mrs. Mary Austin Holley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846, author.

Contributor:

J. Clarke & Co., 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.

Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

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

Physical Description:

[2], viii, 410 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : color map ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : J. Clarke & Co., 1836.

Contents:

Dedication

Preface

Introduction

Geography, face of the country, timber, &c.

Bays, rivers, &c.

Climate, water, soil, &c.

Trade, products

Natural history

Towns, villages, &c.

Inhabitants, society, and manners

Indians

Religion

Money, banks, mail establishments

Colonization, empresarios, titles, proportion of land taken

Government and laws

Gen. Austin's address

History of Gen. Austin and his colony

History

Constitution of Mexico

Constitution of Texas.

Notes:

Map colored by hand.

Greatly enlarged from the author's "Texas. Observations, historical, georgraphical and descriptive." 1833.

An address delivered by S.F. Austin of Texas ... Louisville, Kenturcky, on the 7th of March, 1836: pages [253]-280; Constitution of the Mexican United States: pages [365]-392; Constitution of the republic of Texas: pages [393]-410.

Local Notes:

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

Schimmel Collection copy has partially illegible early manuscript gift inscription ("To Maj. Wm [...] with the kind regards of W.W.B.[?]") in blue ink on front pastedown.

Schimmel Collection copy housed in slip case.

Cited in:

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

OCLC:

166485827