[Memorias para la historia de la guerra de Tejas : draft / Vicente Filísola ; foreword by José Ma. Tornel.]. 1837.

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[Memorias para la historia de la guerra de Tejas : draft / Vicente Filísola ; foreword by José Ma. Tornel.]. 1837.

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Dated May 15, 1837, this is a handwritten manuscript of Don Vicente Filísola's memoirs of the Texas Revolution. Bound in leather and issued in 2 volumes, the second volume includes correspondence, some of it official and military, to or from Filísola. Correspondents include Antonio López de Santa Anna, Samuel Houston, and José Urrea. Perhaps of greatest historical significance are Chapt. 1 (Battle of the Alamo), Chapt. 6 (Battle of San Jacinto) and Chapt. 8 (itemized indictment of Santa Anna).

2 v. ; 33 cm.

University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library (JPL)

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University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library (JPL)

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