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Austin was a merchant in New Haven and New York City between 1805 and 1825, but by his own omission, some of those early business ventures were failures. [1] In 1824, Austin received an invitation from Stephen F. Austin to settle and establish a business in his Texas colony. While not immediately taking up the offer, Henry did sail to other ...
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Pages in category "19th-century members of the Texas Legislature" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 225 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
19th century in Texas — in Spanish Texas (1690−1821), in Mexican Texas (1821−1836), in the Republic of Texas (1836−1846), and in the U.S. state of Texas (est. 1846). 14th 15th
Much of Texas politics of the remainder of the 19th century centered on land use. Guided by the federal Morill Act , Texas sold public lands to gain funds to invest in higher education. In 1876, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opened, and seven years later the University of Texas at Austin began conducting classes.
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Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) was an American-born empresario.Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, [1] [2] he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States to the Tejas region of Mexico in 1825.