(TEXAS) Newell Chester History of the Revolution in Texas

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(TEXAS.) Newell, Chester. History of the Revolution in Texas. Folding map. x, [2], 215 pages. 12mo, modern calf in period style; inscription excised from title page and erased from second leaf, short repaired tear to map. New York, 1838

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first edition, issue with dedication on page [iii] and map dated 1838. Newell disputes the rumors that the population of Texas is entirely composed of "criminals, of insolvent and fraudulent debtors, of outlaws, and bad characters of every description"--rather, only "a large part of the people of Texas are of the character described" (page 190). Clark, Old South III: 215; Graff 3010; Howes N115 ("aa"); Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 151A ("one of the earliest books published about Texas after it became a republic. . . . Of considerable historical value"); Raines, page 154 ("One of the rare and reliable books on Texas"); Streeter Texas II:1318.