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Vicente Filisola. Evacuation of Texas. ...
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"One of the earliest books printed in the Republic of Texas"
Vicente Filisola. Evacuation of Texas.
Translation of the Representation Addressed to the Supreme
Government by Gen. Vicente Filisola, in Defence of His Honor, and
Explanation of His Operations as Commander-in-Chief of the Army
Against Texas. Columbia: Printed by G. & T. H. Borden, Public
Printers, 1837.FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 8vo in 4s. 68 pages. With blank leaf between title and Preface. Modern half green morocco gilt, by Bennett. Housed in a modern morocco clamshell case.
General Filisola (1785-1850), Santa Anna's second-in-command "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" (Fifty Texas Rarities). Jenkins calls it "the first book printed in the Republic of Texas."
"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 pamphlet in vindication of Filisola's conduct in the campaign of Texas" (Streeter). Filisola, second in command to Santa Anna, wrote this account shortly after his return to Mexico. In November 1836 a copy of the first edition was sent to Stephen F. Austin, then serving as Secretary of State of the new Republic of Texas. Austin recommended that it be translated into English stating that it was of "importance to the public interests" because it gave "the history of the military movements and views of the enemy during the invasion... last spring." President Sam Houston agreed and urged the Texas Congress to republish it at public expense. On 24 November 1836 Congress voted to have 500 copies printed. George Louis Hammeken, a friend of Austin, translated the text and the work was printed by Gail Borden. In the interim, Austin died in December 1836, in Hammeken's arms. The Bordens billed the government for 300, not 500, copies. The first edition was published in Spanish by Cumplido in Mexico in 1836 (see Streeter 853).
Condition: Some fore-edges cut close but text not shaved, title-page slightly foxed, text block very lightly browned. Lacking final blank.
References: Eberstadt, I 162:295; Eberstadt, Texas Exhibition, p. 12; Fifty Texas Rarities 17; Graff 1321; Howes F-127 ("c"); Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 61A; Rader 1379; Raines p. 82; Sabin 24323; Streeter, Texas 191; Vandale 65.
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