00292 Guide to the Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fontiane, January 10, 1890 Inventory prepared by Alan Bath. Woodson Research Center
Rice University, Houston, Texas
02132007 Finding aid encoded by Sarah Biggerstaff. 02152007 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Woodson Research Center,
Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fonataine January 10, 1890 Materials are in English. MS 316 1 letter This letter (10 January 1890) from Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fonataine is in response to a series of questions concerning the revolutionary period in Texas history. Biographical Note

Moses Austin Bryan was born in Herculaneum, Missouri in 1817, the son of James Bryan and Emily Austin Bryan (sister of Stephen F. Austin). He moved to Texas in 1831 after his father's death. Bryan became Stephen F. Austin's secretary in 1835, served in the Texas army, and took part in the battle of San Jacinto. He was aide de camp and interpreter for Sam Houston and in 1839 was appointed by Mirabeau B. Lamar as secretar to the legation to the United States under Anson Jones. Bryan died Brenham in 1895.

 Scope and Contents

This letter (10 January 1890) from Moses Austin Bryan letter to Col. W.W. Fonataine is in response to a series of questions concerning the revolutionary period in Texas history. Topics included General Houston's address to the army on the Salado, whether Houston had ordered Mosley Baker to to burn San Felipe, Deaf Smith's stress on the importance of destroying the bridge over Vince's Bayou to prevent reinforcements to Santa Anna, and plotting and faction at San Felipe.

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Permission to publish this letter must be obtained from the Woodson Reserach Center.

 Preferred Citation

Moses Austin Bryan letter to W.W. Fontaine of January 10, 1980, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Acquisition Information

Gift of John Wright, April 1976

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Bryan, Moses Austin, 1817-1895 Subjects Texas -- History -- 1846-1950 Formats Correspondence Detailed Description of the Collection Letter, 1890

Single letter, 8 pages, from Moses Austin Bryan to W.W. Fontaine, January 10, 1890.