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To the settlers in Austins settlement.: Fellow citizens, After an absence of sixteen months I have the pleasure of returning once more to the settlement ... I ... now have the satisfaction of announcing that every necessary power relative to the formation of the colony is granted to me by the supreme executive power and sovereign congress of Mexico ...

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To the settlers in Austins settlement.: Fellow citizens, After an absence of sixteen months I have the pleasure of returning once more to the settlement ... I ... now have the satisfaction of announcing that every necessary power relative to the formation of the colony is granted to me by the supreme executive power and sovereign congress of Mexico ...
Names
Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1823-07 (Inferred)
Place: San Antonio
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KVB (1823, July) (Austin, S. F. To the settlers in Austins settlement)
Topics
Austin (Tex.)
Land settlement -- Texas
Genres
Broadsides
Notes
Citation/reference: Sabin 94938
Ownership: 936027A.
Physical Description
Reproductions
Extent: 1 broadside ; 47 x 29.5 cm.
Printed in two columns.
Signed and dated: Stephen F. Austin. Province of Texos [sic] July, 1823.
Description
Photostatic reproduction from an original of which the last lines in each column are supplied from a newspaper publication. The original has ms. corrections by Austin, and on verso ms. filing title: Austin address to his colonists on his return from Mexico the first time after the colonization law.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14646713
Other local Identifier: 27984675
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 057f14f0-c557-012f-5144-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1793: Creator Born
  • 1823: Issued
  • 1836: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "To the settlers in Austins settlement." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1823-07. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/904e62c4-ad56-e0aa-e040-e00a18066259

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "To the settlers in Austins settlement." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/904e62c4-ad56-e0aa-e040-e00a18066259

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1823-07). To the settlers in Austins settlement. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/904e62c4-ad56-e0aa-e040-e00a18066259

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To the settlers in Austins settlement.