The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston: 1839-1845

The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston: 1839-1845
ISBN-10
1574410008
ISBN-13
9781574410006
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
420
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Author
Sam Houston

Description

Volume II of Sam Houston?s personal correpondence continues the four-volume series of previously unpublished personal letters to and from Sam Houston. This volume begins March 6, 1846, as Houston leaves Texas to take his place in the U. S. Senate. Included in his letters are comments on national politics and life in Washington, D. C., descriptions of politicians and their wives, and his observations on generals of the Mexican War. New information sheds light on his feelings towards being a candidate for the presidency. Family letters give a picture of life on Texas plantations during the mid-1800s. The letters end August 10, 1848, after problems with Oregon have begun and the Mexican War has ended.

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