The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston: 1846-1848
- ISBN-10
- 1574410318
- ISBN-13
- 9781574410310
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Historical
- Pages
- 381
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Author
- Sam Houston
Description
Volume II of Sam Houston's personal correspondence continues the four-volume series of previously unpublished personal letters to and from Sam Houston, covering the time 1846 to 1848. "Writing to people he knew and assuming confidentiality, Houston was unrestrained in his candor in discussing affairs of state and other aspects of his life and career. . . . "--AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN.
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