The paper republic : the struggle for money, credit and independence in the Republic of Texas /
Offering a new take on the stirring story of the Texas Revolution, this history focuses on the financial underpinnings and monetary issues that factored into the struggle. Deftly weaving numismatics and history into an engaging and highly entertaining narrative, the story unveils a verifiable trail...
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Houston :
Bright Sky Press,
[2009]
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Table of Contents:
- Spanish Texas, 1535-1821
- Filibusters, lone stars and pirates
- Mexican Texas, 1821-1836
- Financing the Texas revolution
- Harrisburg, the steamboat Cayuga and Galveston
- Velasco and Columbia: capitals on the Gulf Coast
- Houston: the great stock exchange
- Star money, engraved notes and change notes
- Mirabeau B. Lamar: the great paper chase begins
- Austin: "You will strike out the interest!"
- Austin: stocks, bonds, wooden ships and pigs
- Old Sam and the exchequer bills
- Washington: Texas politics in turmoil
- The architect of annexation
- The golden shower.