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He taught law to some of the most eminent men of the State, such as Samuel Houston, Wm. L.
History of the University of North Carolina. Volume I: From its Beginning to the Death of President Swain, 1789-1868 Kemp Plummer 1907
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Samuel Houston of Washington County, and presented at the meeting of the Franklin legislature, Greeneville, November 14, 1785.
The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Archibald Henderson 1920
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General Samuel Houston (hu'stun) beat the Mexicans in the decisive battle of San Jacinto.
A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892
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His venerable wife and seven children survive Governor Letcher: Samuel Houston, a prominent lawyer of Lexington, who gallantly served as the Colonel of the
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Texas, of which Republic his cousin, General Samuel Houston, was the President.
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At the convention a brand new constitution was submitted by a delegate named Samuel Houston.
The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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South-western State; and when, a few days later, Samuel Houston and his eight hundred raw levies defeated and destroyed the Mexican army at San Jacinto, captured Santa Anna, the Mexican president, and with
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 John Hay 1870
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In the cars I was introduced to General Samuel Houston, the founder of
Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868
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In the cars I was introduced to General Samuel Houston, the founder of Texan Independence.
Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863. 1864
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Among the notable persons whom we frequently met during the year of our sojourn in Nashville, was Samuel Houston, since so thoroughly identified with the early history of Texas.
'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve 1863
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