Texas buys Crockett letter with last written words from Alamo era
The Texas Historical Commission bought Davy Crockett�s last letter for 490000 from Simpson Galleries. Dated January 9 1836 and sent from San Augustine it praises Texas as garden spot of the world. He writes of a hoped life on Bodark Choctaw bayou and prefers his fate to a lifetime Congress seat. The letter was to his daughter Margaret and son-in-law Wiley Flowers and will be put on display in the future.
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