Gregg Cantrell Papers [1799]-2001

Austin, Moses, 1761-1821

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Miner and promoter of Texas colonization. Austin settled in Upper Louisiana in 1798 and soon established his home and mining operation at Mine au Breton. From the description of Letters to John F. Merieult, 1802-1805. (New Orleans Public Library). WorldCat record id: 17632287 ...

Mier y Teran, Manuel de

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Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin, initiated the Anglo-American colonization of Texas by assuming ownership of a land grant given to his father by the Spanish government in 1821. From the description of Austin, Stephen F., papers, 1819-1821. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20430891 Stephen Fuller Austin was born on November 3, 1793 in Virginia to Maria and Moses Austin. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kent...

Cantrell, Gregg, 1958-....

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Gregg Cantrell earned his Ph.D. in American History from Texas A&M University in 1988. He also holds an M.B.A in Management from Texas A&M. He focuses on southern U.S. and Texan history courses while teaching at Texas Christian University. Dr. Cantrell has published numerous articles and books, including Kenneth and John B. Rayner and the Limits of Southern Dissent (1993), Stephen F. Austin, Empresario of Texas (1999), and Feeding the Wolf: John B. Rayner and the Politics of Race, 1850-1...