Samuel May Williams
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Samuel May Williams was an American businessman, politician, and close associate of Stephen F. Austin, who was an Anglo-American colonizer of Mexican Texas. As a teenager, Williams started working in
Replica log cabin at San Felipe de Austin Historic Site
Invincible depicted as wrecked in 1837
$1.00 (one dollar) private scrip issued by Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Texas
Southern view of Samuel May Williams House
Mexican Texas
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Mexican Texas is the historiographical name used to refer to the era of Texan history between 1821 and 1836, when it was part of Mexico. Mexico gained independence in 1821 after winning its war agains
Mexico and its interior provinces in 1822, including the province of Texas
Stephen F. Austin was the first empresario to establish a colony in Mexican Texas.
David G. Burnet's empresarial contract was cancelled when he could not bring enough settlers. Burnet later became the interim president of the Republic of Texas.
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna