Mary Austin Holley
| Mary Austin Holley |
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| Born |
1784 |
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| Died |
1846 |
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| Occupation |
Historian |
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| Relatives |
Stephen F. Austin (cousin) |
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Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846) was an American historical writer best known as the author of the first known English-language history of Texas, Texas (1833), expanded in 1836 into History of Texas.[1] She was a cousin of Stephen F. Austin, who arranged for Holley to receive a land grant on Galveston Bay. Although Holley visited Texas five times (in 1831, 1835, 1838, 1840, and 1843), she was never able to afford to move there.
References
- Sources
- Dall, Curtis B. "Holley, Mary Austin in Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
- Lee, Rebecca Smith. Mary Austin Holley: A Biography (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series, No 2). University of Texas Press, 1987. ISBN 0-292-75098-6
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