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Historic Letters & Memoirs

This collection of historically significant letters, diaries, and memoirs offers a window into the past, revealing the human voice behind Texas history. Each item is presented in full and with historical context.

This collection is a work in process and additional documents will be added.

The Secession Debate in Texas: Five Views from 1861
Historic Letters & MemoirsPrimary Sources in Texas HistoryThe Civil War

The Secession Debate in Texas: Five Views from 1861

Stephen F. Austin’s 1836 Wartime Plea Austin Letter to Jackson pg1 Cropped
Historic Letters & MemoirsPrimary Sources in Texas HistoryThe Texas Revolution

Stephen F. Austin’s 1836 Wartime Plea

Letter of Stephen F. Austin: ‘Texas Will Flourish as a State of Mexico’
Historic Letters & MemoirsMexican Texas (1821–1836)Primary Sources in Texas History

Letter of Stephen F. Austin: ‘Texas Will Flourish as a State of Mexico’

Letter on Negotiating Peace with Mexico (1837)
Historic Letters & MemoirsPrimary Sources in Texas HistoryThe Republic of Texas

Letter on Negotiating Peace with Mexico (1837)

Diplomatic Correspondence Between Santa Anna and Andrew Jackson (1836)
Historic Letters & MemoirsPrimary Sources in Texas HistoryThe Republic of TexasThe Texas Revolution

Diplomatic Correspondence Between Santa Anna and Andrew Jackson (1836)

William Travis’s Letter from the Alamo (1836)
FeaturedHistoric Letters & MemoirsMilitary HistoryThe Texas Revolution

William Travis’s Letter from the Alamo (1836)

“A nation can only be free, happy, and great in proportion to the virtue and intelligence of its people.” — Stephen F. Austin

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