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Goliad Victims

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Goliad Victims

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Auction Date:2011 Nov 17 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 4.25, February 14, 1836. Document regarding the stay of four soldiers at the home of Peter Kinsey. In part: “For boarding 4 enlisted soldiers under the orders and contract of Lieut. R. L. Saunders—viz: W. H. Mann—John Cross, William Harris & O. G. Eels from the 22nd day of January last inclusive to February 6th: inclusive being two weeks and one day at 3 Drs: per week each…$25.71, also previous boarding to 4 Suppers at 2/…1.–.” In fine condition, with scattered light toning and soiling, intersecting folds, and a couple small spots of restoration to a few holes on reverse. The Texans were imprisoned by the Mexicans at Goliad and executed by order of Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna on March 27, 1836. The four soldiers mentioned in this document were among those executed. The Goliad Massacre and the fall of the Alamo branded both Santa Anna and the Mexican people with a reputation for cruelty and aroused the fury of the people of Texas, the United States, and even Great Britain and France, thus considerably promoting the success of the Texas Revolution.