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28 SOME HISTORY OF VAN ZANDT COUNTY
up like fountain sprays from happy memory; sweet as laughter of little
children or rippling songs of gentle maidens, floating in silvery madrigals
over the deep blue limpid waters of beautiful Venice.
TEXAS.
A map of North America, with the West India Islands, was published
in London, February, 1777. It was laid down according to the latest sur-
veys, and corrected for the original materials of Governor Pownall, mem-
ber of parliament. On the region between our north-eastern boundary and
Colorado, as laid down on that map, the name Ticas is found in capital
letters. It has been assumed that Ticas is the same as the present word
Texas. The history of the discovery of Texas has been in dispute. It is
not my mission here to discuss the various claims to its discovery or
ownership.
THE INTRODUCTION OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES.
The armed conflict by which Texas cast off the yoke of Mexican tyranny
and established a separate Anglo-American republic re-enacted in mod-
ern times and in the Western world events and scenes that, occurring
in ancient Greece, rendered the name of Hellas glorious and established
wells of patriotic inspiration from which after ages have drawn copious
draughts.
REPUBLIC OF TEXAS-1835 TO 1846-11 YEARS.
General Council of Texas ............................October 11-31, 1835
General Consultation ..............................November 1-13, 1835
Henry Smith, Provisional Governor.......Nov. 14, 1835, to Jan. 11, 1836
James W. Robinson, Acting Provisional Governor..Jan. 11 to Mar. 1, 1836
General Convention ...................................March 1-17, 1836
David G. Burnet, President ad interim ......March 17 to October 22, 1836
Sam Houston, Constitutional President.....................1836 to 1838
Mirabeau B. Lamar, President ..............................1838 to 1841
Sam Houston, President ..................................1841 to 1844
Anson Jones, President ..................................1844 to 1846
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Manning, Wentworth. Some History of Van Zandt County, Volume 1, book, 1919; Des Moines, Iowa. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61110/m1/28/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .