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Galveston Island, or, a few months off the coast of Texas : the journal of Francis C. Sheridan, 1839-1840 / edited by Willis W. Pratt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheridan, Francis Cynric, 1812 or 1813-1843, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Texas--Description and travel.
- Texas.
- Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Wien, Austria : University of Texas Press, 1954.
- Summary:
- On the last Sunday of the year 1839, Francis Sheridan, an elegant young Irishman in the British diplomatic service, sailed from Barbados for the Republic of Texas. His mission in the new nation was to contribute the opinion of an eyewitness to the deliberations going on in London concerning proposed recognition of Texas. This jounal contains some of the material that Sheridan used for his official report and much colorful detail that he did not use. First published by the University of Texas Press in 1956, it is the travel diary of a sophisticated and discerning student of human nature.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- Illustrations
- The Journal of Francis C. Sheridan, 1839-1840
- Notes on Texas
- Appendix I
- Appendix II
- Appendix III
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-75586-4
- OCLC:
- 1286808005
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