Rodriguez Memoirs of Early Texas.

£3,250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

“ Exceedingly rare - considered by some to be the rarest of all San Antonio books ” (Dorothy Sloan). A native San Antonian, one of the earliest memories of Jose Maria Rodriguez (1829-1913) was Colonel Travis telling his father that despite being outnumbered by Santa Anna’s approaching army, “Well we have made up our minds to die at the Alamo fighting for Texas.” Rodriguez himself witnessed the storming of the Alamo from a ranch to the southeast. “In 1855 he took part in the Vidaurri Revolution. Rodriguez was made a first lieutenant, and when the troops arrived in Mier, Tamaulipas, the alcalde was able to solicit USD 5,000 for the cause. The only time Rodriguez was in actual battle was during the takeover of Matamoros. The Vidaurri Revolution, named after Gen. Santiago Vidaurri, was aimed at removing Santa Anna from power; however, neither Vidaurri nor Rodriguez participated in the actual overthrow of the dictator. After Santa Anna’s fall, Rodriguez returned to San Antonio, where he was tax assessor and collector for Bexar County and alderman for San Antonio in 1857-58. About 1861 he moved to Laredo as a schoolteacher. He studied law and began his practice in 1864. He also served as county clerk for four years during the 1860s. In 1879 Rodriguez was elected county judge of Webb County, a position he held for thirty-five years. Although he was a politician and attorney, he was also a prosperous cattle rancher and trader. Throughout his life Rodriguez was seen as a public-spirit

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