Filisola, Vicente, Gen.:

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EVACUATION OF TEXAS: TRANSLATION OF THE REPRESENTATION ADDRESSED TO THE SUPREME GOVERNMENT BY GEN. VICENTE FILISOLA, IN DEFENSE OF HIS HONOR, AND EXPLANATION OF HIS OPERATIONS AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ... First English language edition of one of the great Texas books. "General Filisola wrote this vindication of his actions only four months after the Battle of San Jacinto. The 'Documents' (pp.37-68) which follow the exposition are as important as his account of Santa-Anna's failure...one of the earliest books printed in the Republic of Texas" - Graff. "The classic account, the first in book form, of the retreat of the Mexicans through Texas after the battle of San Jacinto and a masterly defense by Filisola of his acts in ordering and conducting the retreat....The account was, of course, of great interest to all Texans, and there is an entry in the journal of the Texas House of Representatives for November 23, 1836, announcing a message from the President 'recommending the translation of a Spanish pamphlet in vindication of Filisola's conduct in the campaign of Texas..." - Streeter. Streeter identifies the translator as George L. Hammeken, who was a good friend of Stephen F. Austin, and the initials "G.L.H." (dated at Brazoria, January 1837) are printed at the conclusion of the preface. Hammeken's preface is a spirited defense of the qualities of Texas and Texans against Filisola's aspersions. Austin, upon receiving a copy of the Mexican edition of the previous year, recommended t

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