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Texas
Mary Austin Holley, a cousin of Stephen F. Austin, came to Texas in 1831 planning to write a book that would attract colonists and drive up land prices. It ended up a significant account of Texas's transition from colony to republic.
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- title
- Texas
- creator
- Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846
- contributor.aui
- Sibley, Marilyn McAdams
- contributor.dsr
- Timmons, David
- publisher
- Texas State Historical Association
- date
- 1990
- language
- eng
- description.content
- Book containing details of Texas during the Anglo settlement of Texas during the early half of the nineteenth century as described by Mary Austin Holley. Includes information for settlers, including colonization laws, the Mexican Constitution, information on the land and its environs, and the people of Texas.
- description.physical
- viii, 410 p. : col. map ; 19 cm.
- subject.LCSH
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas.
- subject.LCSH
- Texas -- History.
- subject.UNTL-BS
- People - Groups - Pioneers
- subject.LCSH
- Immigrants.
- subject.KWD
- Empresarios
- subject.LCSH
- Travel.
- subject.UNTL-BS
- People - Ethnic Groups - American Indians
- subject.UNTL-BS
- Religion
- subject.LCSH
- Colonists.
- subject.LCSH
- Colonization.
- subject.LCSH
- Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836.
- primarySource
- 1
- coverage.date
- 1833
- coverage.placeName
- United States - Texas
- coverage.timePeriod
- mex-tex
- relation
- Texas [e-book], ark:/67531/metapth846134
- collection
- TSHAM
- institution
- TSHA
- resourceType
- text_book
- format
- text
- identifier.OCLC
- 13688804
- identifier.LOCAL-CONT-NO
- TSHA_0056
- identifier.LCCN
- 85-051947
- identifier.ISBN
- 087611074X

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