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The Battle of San Jacinto, which lasted just 18 minutes, was the turning point of the Texas Revolution resulting in the independence of Texas from Mexico. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold a letter composed by a Texas soldier right before the Battle of San Jacinto for $3,211. Please see details below:
On the Eve of the Battle of San Jacinto — “if you should never see me it will be because I am dead and if so do not fail to contend for my lands in Texas which will be a fortune to you some day for Texas will be free the inemy is now at San Felipe there is battle contemplated we trust god and our valour for victory” — April 1836 Texas Soldier
Texas soldier autograph letter written and signed by Allen Lavison just days before the Battle of San Jacinto. Datelined “Headquarters Brassos opisite Groses [Grose’s plantation on the Brazos River]” 6-9 April 1836, Lavison writes to his wife Susanna. Letter reads in part: “When I take up my pen to advise you I hardly know what I would say. Or where to direct it when find you having in my last letter requested you to leve a country in I am oblige to fight for. I would now give allmost the world if I had it could I see you once more or know where you are gone — please let me know where you will stop and if I should out live the war I will see you as soon as I can go either by land or sea — and if you should never see me it will be because I am dead and if so, do not fail to contend for my lands in Texas which will be a fortune to you some day for Texas will be free and you are more intitled to it and more wellcome than any other on this globe — Keep Mrs. Bond if applicable with you and be as sisters as her husband an me are as Brothers in the glorious cause of liberty / excuse the shortness of this letter for my trembling hand and scarcity of time / I am well in health and you are most that troubles my mind but keep good heart Dear Lady, I think our great god is on our side — write me to headquarters of the Texian army / your ever loveing and afectionit Husband / Allen Lavison / Aprile the 9th / haveing heard of your leaving for New Orleans I add this little and is glad you are once more in a hospitable land / the inemy is now at San Felipe be with some over our members there is battle contemplated soon we trust god and our valour for victory I will write you every opportunity please do me the same nothing will ever do me so much good as to hear from you at all times — the deeds and Bonds for my lands you have some with you and the ballance you will find in the office of Brazaria but I hope to be with you and attend to it myself / still direct your letters to headquarters of the Texian army / dont fail to write every opportunity / I am in good health and spirits all Trouble me is you my dear / Allen Lavison / Mrs. Susanna Lavison” Accompanied by a second letter from J.H. Hood in Huntsville, Alabama, 13 May 1836, who erroneously reports that Santa Anna has been executed by Houston’s forces. Soldier letter measures 7.25″ x 12.25″. Written in very dark black fountain pen with almost no fading. Original ink smudges, some light foxing and soiling; overall very good condition. Sold for $3,211.
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