Two letters written

by Holley to her children in the period just prior to her involvement in the colonization of Texas by Mary Austin Holley

$4,800 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Each 4pp, on folded quarto sheets with integral address leaves. Usual folds, toned, some darkening along the folds. Item #368788 A nice pair of letters by Holley 1784-1846 , the cousin of Stephen F. Austin and an important early writer and promoter of Texas.The first letter is written by Holley from New Orleans, shortly after leaving Lexington, Kentucky after her husband Horace Holley had left his position as President of

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