Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar travel journal
This collection consists of Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar's journal documenting his June-October 1835 trip from Columbus, Georgia to Brazoria, Texas.
Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar was born in Georgia and relocated to Texas in 1836. In September 1836, in the first national election, Texas elected Lamar Vice-President (1836-1838) and then President of the Republic (1838-1841). After his one term as President, Lamar retired from public life, except for service as U.S. Minister to Costa Rica and Nicaragua (1857-1858). He died of a heart attack in 1859.
The original materials are held by the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library. Search the finding aid/inventory for the Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar travel journal, MS 311.
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