Promised land : Solms, Castro, and Sam Houston's colonization contracts / Jefferson Morgenthaler.
In 1842, Sam Houston, president of the new Texas Republic, wanted four things: peace with Mexico, peace with the native population, financing from Europe, and productive settlers for his vast, new country. He issued colonization contracts in an effort to meet all these objectives, but only two of Pr...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2009. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Sam Rayburn series on rural life ;
no. 19. |
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