Samuel Bangs Collection
Scope and Contents
These twelve documents constitute a significant collection of official materials relating to the history of Texas when Mexico was rebelling against the mother country Spain and subsequently found itself facing rebellion by its Texas Colonists. Bangs’ career as a printer is intimately involved with the development of Mexico’s independence from Spain’s and later, Texas’ independence from Mexico makes the known surviving pieces of immense value to historians.The ten-year time frame of these papers includes an announcement of the marriage of the King of Spain to a princess from Saxony, orders for the celebration of the swearing of the Constitution of Spain, an amnesty from the Emperor Iturbide extended to military personnel resisting the revolution, Iturbide’s proclamation establishing freedom of the press for the first time in the history of Mexico, and the decree providing for cooperation between Coahuila-Texas and the military according to the Plan of Jalapa.
Dates
- Creation: 1820 - 1830
Conditions Governing Use
The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies.
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Extent
1 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The Samuel Bangs Collection contains pieces printed by Samuel Bangs, generally recognized as the first printer in Texas whose work survives. This collection is housed in one (1) flat archival box and is located in archival storage/the fire safe. It contains twelve (12) folders that are arranged as they were found in chronological order by last name. These materials are dated between 1820 and 1830.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Thomason Special Collections & SHSU University Archives Repository