(TEXAS) De Cordova Jacob Texas Her Resources and Her Public

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(TEXAS.) De Cordova, Jacob. Texas: Her Resources and Her Public Men. 375 pages. 8vo, modern buckram, minor wear; moderate foxing. Philadelphia, 1858

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first edition, second issue with index--an expanded version of his "Texas: Her Capabilities." De Cordova came from a prominent Jewish family in Jamaica, and became one of the first Jewish settlers in Texas, arriving in Galveston in 1837. "Some of the first genuine scholarly research ever done in Texas . . . interviewing leading men, researching newspaper files, searching county court records, and striving for pinpoint accuracy"--Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 38; Howes D201.