Letter: to Honorable Congreso de Coahuila y Texas /by Stephen Fuller Austin, 1825 Feb 3.

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Letter: to Honorable Congreso de Coahuila y Texas /by Stephen Fuller Austin, 1825 Feb 3.

Stephen Austin, Lt. Colonel of the National Militia and empresario on behalf of all the colonies, makes an urgent plea to Congress to stimulate commerce and business by opening the port at Galveston, Texas, thereby benefitting the new colonies in Texas.

4 p.; 25 cm. + transcription (in 2 folders)

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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...

Coahuila and Texas (Mexico). Congreso

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