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Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1798 - 1859

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar travel journal

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0311
Abstract: On his 1835 trip from Georgia to Texas, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar kept a manuscript diary. The journal is written in continuous narrative form, with frequent historical or descriptive passages inserted, covering the months June-October, 1835, the period during which Lamar apparently made his decision to settle in Texas permanently and join in the Texian battle for independence from Mexico.
Dates: 1835