This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Nolan's Final Hours and His Sense of a Country
Philip Nolan lies dying aboard the Levant after decades of service and exile. Danforth recounts Nolan’s last hours, the map and flag beside him, and his plea that Texas and the West be remembered. Nolan asks for a true record of his loyalty and begs to be buried at sea with a lasting marker for his memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Nolan
Truxton
Texas
Nolan
Mexico
United States
Harry Cole
Old Burr
la Plata
Buenos Aires
Stephen
Italy
Austin
Honduras
Tamaulipas
California
Walters
Williams
Edward Morris
Watrous
Captain Back
Thomas Roe
Danforth
Levant
Department
Southard
Washington
Fred
Indiana Territory
Mississippi
Louisiana
Pacific
America
Burr
Ingham
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Indiana
Fort Adama la
Oregon
Chesapeake
Barron
David Porter
Fulton
Scott
Jackson
New Orleans
Legion of the West
Grant
Vicksburg
Fort Adams
Old Vick's
Colleges
West Point
Naval School
Robinson Crusoe
Old Abe
Benjamin Lincoln
General Lincoln
Abe
Harding
Smithsonian
Capitol
Crawford
Greenough
Episcopal Collect
Order of
Cincinnati
Orleans
Army of the