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1836/03/29

Green, Rawleigh B., fl. 1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Green re: news of the fall of the Alamo

Written to his brother in Virginia. "The condition of Texas is now calamitous indeed... unprepared for the army now invading her... & she has not the semblance of an army on the field."

GLC07141.01

1836/04/03

Green, Rawleigh B., fl. 1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Green re: Texas land deals

"The public lands...will be such as a capitalist could purchase to advantage...certainly a good investment unless the abolition questions should affect it."

GLC07141.02

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