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  1. www.tsl.texas.gov › travis-letterTravis' 1836 Victory or Death Letter from the Alamo | TSLAC

    At the Alamo in San Antonio, then called Bexar, 150 Texas rebels led by William Barret Travis made their stand against Santa Anna's vastly superior Mexican army. On the second day of the siege, February 24, 1836, Travis called for reinforcements with this heroic message. But little help came.

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  2. www.tsl.texas.gov › lobbyexhibits › homefortexasA Home for Texas History - The Travis Letter - Lobby Exhibit ...

    Document Spotlight: The Travis Letter. Among the most well-known and revered documents in Texas history is William Barret Travis’s (1809-1836) letter of February 24, 1836, addressed “To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World,” sent by courier from within the walls of the San Antonio de Valero Mission, or the Alamo, while ...

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  4. www.gilderlehrman.org › history-resourcesA plea to defend the Alamo, 1836 | Gilder Lehrman Institute ...

    On March 2, the same day Texas declared its independence from Mexico, thirty-two volunteers advanced through enemy lines to help defend the Alamo. Four days later, Mexican forces stormed the garrison from all sides.

  5. www.texasmonthly.com › true-crime › forgery-texas-styleForgery, Texas Style – Texas Monthly

    To bolster flagging spirits, the new Texas government commissioned the printers Baker and Bordens of San Felipe to print one thousand copies of the recently signed Texas Declaration of...

  6. www.mytexasdaily.com › south-texas › remembering-theRemembering the Dawson Massacre: a tragic chapter in Texas ...

    Sep 18, 2024 · SAN ANTONIO, Texas — On this day in 1842, the Dawson Massacre unfolded near San Antonio, marking a tragic chapter in Texas history. Part of the larger "Archive War" and Woll Expedition, this event saw 53 Texian volunteers under Captain Nicholas Mosby Dawson ambushed by 500 Mexican cavalry.

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  7. www.digitalhistory.uh.edu › alamo › Texas_DeclarationThe Texas Declaration of Independence (March 2, 1836)

    The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington on the 2nd day of March 1836. When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the advancement of whose happiness it was ...

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  9. www.texashistorytrust.org › source-material-texasPapers of the Texas Revolution — Texas History Trust

    Apr 3, 2023 · Papers of the Texas Revolution. In the late 1960s to early 1970s, Gen. Jay A. Matthews compiled and transcribed all known orders, letters, and reports of the Texas Revolution. Texas bookman and publisher John H. Jenkins annotated the compilation.