![[TEXAS]. Telegraph and Texas Register. 3 numbers: Vol. I, nos. 26, 39 and 49; and a fragment of no. 50. Columbia, Texas: G. & T.H. Borden, 23 August 1836; 16 November 1836; 27 December 1836; and 3 January 1837.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/NYR/2005_NYR_01614_0211_000(102409).jpg?w=1)
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[TEXAS]. Telegraph and Texas Register. 3 numbers: Vol. I, nos. 26, 39 and 49; and a fragment of no. 50. Columbia, Texas: G. & T.H. Borden, 23 August 1836; 16 November 1836; 27 December 1836; and 3 January 1837.
Each a bifolium (520 x 318 mm). (Some spotting and occasional soiling, a few small holes affecting a few letters.) Unbound.
WITH SANTA ANNA ADVANCING, THE TEXAS PRESS MOVES TO COLUMBIA:. The paper was begun on October 10, 1835, at San Felipe de Austin by Gail Borden, Jr., Thomas H. Borden, and Joseph Baker. It became the official organ of the Republic of Texas, which was organized a few months later. With the advance of Santa Anna, the press was moved to Harrisburg, and then in the summer of 1836 to Columbia, where the Congress of the Republic was summoned. The first Columbia number was of August 2. By the end of October the paper had 700 subscribers. On 11 April 1837, the press was moved to Houston. These issues print several notable messages, including translations of official documents by Santa Anna and Filisola (23 August) and a report of the first session of the first congress (16 November). A communication in the August number notes that: "Gen. Sam Houston is nominated as a candidate for President of the republic of Texas--His claims are too well known to make it necessary to repeat them. No man in Texas stands so high in the United States and in Europe."
Most significant is the November issue which provides a transcript of the first session of the first congress which was held from 2 to 11 November. "We regret we cannot furnish in this number the interesting debate on the release of Santa Anna, but it will appear in Saturday's number." A notice by President Sam Houston revokes the blockade at the port of Maramoras.
The 27 December issue notifies of the DEATH OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, "His friends and relations have sustained an irreparable loss; his country, just merging into existence, the best and tenderest fathers; the sons and daughters of Texas have now full cause for mourning..." An order of the procession follows, as does a notice from William S. Fisher, Secretary of War: "The father of Texas is no more! the first pioneer of the wilderness has departed!" He orders a twenty-three gun salute (one for each county in the republic). This number also includes an 8-paragraph description of "The City of Houston, the Present Seat of Government." (4)
Each a bifolium (520 x 318 mm). (Some spotting and occasional soiling, a few small holes affecting a few letters.) Unbound.
WITH SANTA ANNA ADVANCING, THE TEXAS PRESS MOVES TO COLUMBIA:. The paper was begun on October 10, 1835, at San Felipe de Austin by Gail Borden, Jr., Thomas H. Borden, and Joseph Baker. It became the official organ of the Republic of Texas, which was organized a few months later. With the advance of Santa Anna, the press was moved to Harrisburg, and then in the summer of 1836 to Columbia, where the Congress of the Republic was summoned. The first Columbia number was of August 2. By the end of October the paper had 700 subscribers. On 11 April 1837, the press was moved to Houston. These issues print several notable messages, including translations of official documents by Santa Anna and Filisola (23 August) and a report of the first session of the first congress (16 November). A communication in the August number notes that: "Gen. Sam Houston is nominated as a candidate for President of the republic of Texas--His claims are too well known to make it necessary to repeat them. No man in Texas stands so high in the United States and in Europe."
Most significant is the November issue which provides a transcript of the first session of the first congress which was held from 2 to 11 November. "We regret we cannot furnish in this number the interesting debate on the release of Santa Anna, but it will appear in Saturday's number." A notice by President Sam Houston revokes the blockade at the port of Maramoras.
The 27 December issue notifies of the DEATH OF STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, "His friends and relations have sustained an irreparable loss; his country, just merging into existence, the best and tenderest fathers; the sons and daughters of Texas have now full cause for mourning..." An order of the procession follows, as does a notice from William S. Fisher, Secretary of War: "The father of Texas is no more! the first pioneer of the wilderness has departed!" He orders a twenty-three gun salute (one for each county in the republic). This number also includes an 8-paragraph description of "The City of Houston, the Present Seat of Government." (4)