THREE YEARS IN TEXAS. INCLUDING A VIEW OF THE TEXAN REVOLUTION, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL BATTLES....
Field, Joseph Emerson:
Boston: Abel Tompkins, 1836. 47pp. Modern three-quarter navy blue morocco and cloth, gilt title on spine. Very good. In a half morocco clamshell case. "One of the few survivors of Col. Fannin's command, Dr. Field describes his experiences with the Texas army, why he was not killed in the Goliad Massacre, and how he escaped from the Mexican soldiers" - Graff. "This most important Texas pamphlet seems to be the first printing in book or pamphlet form of an account by a participant of the taking of San Antonio by the Texans in December, 1835...and of the capitulation and massacre of the Fannin forces at Goliad in March 1836...Field, who came to Texas in December, 1883, took part in the opening skirmish of the revolution at Gonzales and then was in the force which besieged and later took San Antonio in 1835. He joined Fannin at Goliad on March 6, 1836, and was with the little force which surrendered to Urrea. Being a surgeon, he was ordered to attend the Mexican wounded and thus was one of the few who escaped the mass execution ordered by Santa Anna, a few days after Fannin's surrender. For several weeks Field continued to care for the wounded Mexicans, but finally made his escape and after a perilous journey arrived at Velasco about the middle of May. He was then granted a furlough to visit the United States" - Streeter. A.B. Clarke's TRAVELS IN MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA notes that Field liked to travel and that the two became messmates at the Pima village in Arizona on June 8, 1849. Afterwards, they traveled to California together and Clarke considered Field a resourceful companion. Field also describes the soil, and commercial and agricultural advantages of Texas. One of the great early Texas Revolution accounts. GRAFF, FIFTY TEXAS RARITIES 14. STREETER TEXAS 1202A. CLARK OLD SOUTH III:157. RAINES, p.81. HOWES F114, "b." JONES 980. GRAFF 1314.
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