Mary Austin Holley

Texas. Observations, Historical, Geographical and Descriptive in a Series of Letters, Written During a Visit to Austin's Colony in 1831 with an Append Mary Austin Holley

Publisher Marketing: Title: Texas. Observations, historical, geographical and descriptive in a series of letters, written during a visit to Austin's Colony in 1831 ... With an appendix containing ... answers to certain questions relative to colonization in Texas, issued ... by the London Geographical Society, etc. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Holley, Mary Austin; 1833. 12 . 1431.c.3. Contributor Bio:  Holley, Mary Austin James Perry Bryan (1909-1975) was uniquely suited to edit the Mary Austin Holley diary. Attorney, Texana collector, and past Regent of the University of Texas, he was widely considered the leading historian of the lower Brazos River area. He traced his ancestry to two great Texas pioneer families and was the descendant of Emily Austin Perry Bryan, sister of Stephen F. Austin. His family owned Peach Point Plantation, home of Stephen F. Austin.