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Author Topic: 1/17/1821: A Connecticut Yankee in Texas  (Read 76 times)

Offline Craig Tx

1/17/1821: A Connecticut Yankee in Texas
« on: January 17, 2021, 11:07:19 AM »
On this date in 1821, the government of New Spain granted Moses Austin a permit to settle 300 families in Texas.

This momentous agreement began the process of Anglo-American colonization in the future state. The elder Austin died, however, before he could fulfill his part of the contract, and his son Stephen F. Austin was recognized as his successor. Although Mexican independence from Spain cast temporary doubt on the future of the contract, a special decree issued in April 1823 allowed S. F. Austin to begin the colonization that led eventually to the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas.
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Re: 1/17/1821: A Connecticut Yankee in Texas
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2021, 06:44:57 PM »
 :bl th up
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Re: 1/17/1821: A Connecticut Yankee in Texas
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2021, 07:57:38 AM »
 :hairy Nice. Good fur ol' Moses!
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Re: 1/17/1821: A Connecticut Yankee in Texas
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2021, 08:47:30 PM »
Those would be 300 families that would have been tough as boot soles!
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