Texas — Stephen F. Austin & William H. Wharton | The rousing speeches delivered in Washington and Louisville

Texas — Stephen F. Austin & William H. Wharton

Texas. Address of the Honorable Wm. H. Wharton, delivered in New York, on Tuesday, April 26, 1836. Also, Address of the Honorable Stephen F. Austin, delivered in Louisville, Kentucky, on the 7^th March, 1836. … New York: Printed by William H. Colyer, 1836

8vo (233 x 151 mm). Title-page, containing the three-lined caption title, two leaves unopened; small marginal hole to title, some light foxing, toning, 2 closed marginal tears, marginal chip, black staining to 2 pages. In maroon half morocco over cloth boards, spine with raised bands in 3 compartments, second compartment with black morocco label lettered in gilt, others ruled in gilt; a little wear to front hinge, sunning to boards, creating a small rectangle on upper board where label had been laid down.

Containing the speeches of William H. Wharton and Stephen F. Austin regarding the Texas Revolution, this text brought important details of the rebellion to the United States at large. Also included is a reprinting of the Texas Declaration of Independence, made by the Texas delegates at Washington, on 2 March 1836, and an account of the resolutions passed after Wharton’s speech in New York, which itself “was received with thunders of applause” (54). Streeter notes that this appearance of the Declaration of Independence is likely its first printing in pamphlet form.

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Sabin 95114; Streeter, Texas 1260