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Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Address to the reader of the documents relating to the Galveston Bay....

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02937 Author/Creator: Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Place Written: New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1831 Pagination: 38 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

One of the first accounts of Texas written in English. Printed by G.F. Hopkins and Sons. First edition, first issue, printed without appendix. Graff 1494, Howes S1137.

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