- GLC#
- GLC02145.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1842/10/08
- Author/Creator
- Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
- Title
- to Thomas W. Ward re: removal of goverment from Austin and archives
- Place Written
- Washington, Texas
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Signed as President of Texas. Refers to the removal of the government from Austin to Washington-on-the-Brazos, and the need to remove the archives, a removal that eventually led to the Texas "archives war."
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