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Post by ronald on May 7, 2011 14:37:52 GMT -5
I found a small story about Santa Anna's route to Washington after his surrender, So he could meet with Jackson. When he came through Lexington Ky They had him speak through an interpreter at Transylvania University a lot of our States government and a few thousand people came out to see him. I wonder if there is a record some where of what he said or what questions were asked of him? Or a record of what A Jackson had to say to him
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Post by Hiram on May 7, 2011 15:56:08 GMT -5
I would check John Spencer Bassett's Correspondence of Andrew Jackson, vol. 5, (1833-1838) for information related to Santa Anna's visit to Washington City. You might also check Will Fowler's Santa Anna of Mexico or Wilfrid Callcott's Santa Anna of Mexico: An enigma that was once Mexico.
It's ironic that Santa Anna would be speaking at the college attended by Stephen F. Austin; also ironic that nine months earlier, Austin had spoken in Kentucky (although not in Lexington.)
Here's a link to the address given by Austin the day after the Alamo fell. goo.gl/rImIq
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Post by Kevin Young on May 8, 2011 13:29:24 GMT -5
If memory services, Alamo defender Peter James Bailey was a graduate of Transylvania University, as was future commander of the Army of the Republic of Texas, Albert Sidney Johnston.
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Post by ronald on May 8, 2011 14:33:06 GMT -5
Daniel Cloud who died at the Alamo attended also, not sure if he graduated.
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Post by martinvasquez on May 16, 2011 9:43:46 GMT -5
If I am not mistaken Santa Anna was accompanied by Coronel Juan Almonte on his trip to Washington and had there been any translation needed no doubt Almonte would have been able to handle this task. Almonte at some point was educated in the US and spoke English fluently.
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Post by Kevin Young on May 16, 2011 12:05:55 GMT -5
If I am not mistaken Santa Anna was accompanied by Coronel Juan Almonte on his trip to Washington and had there been any translation needed no doubt Almonte would have been able to handle this task. Almonte at some point was educated in the US and spoke English fluently. Martin is quite right that Almonte had been educated in he US and spoke English "perfectly." He, along with George Hockley, William Patton, and Barnard Bee, Sr. were on the trip. |
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Post by Kevin Young on May 16, 2011 12:31:45 GMT -5
Follow up for Martin's post. Almonte lived and was educated in New Orleans in 1815 and clerked in a store there until his father's execution.
Ethan Allen Hitchcock's diary for 17 Jan 1837 notes that Santa Anna, in the company of two Texas officals, arrived in Frederick, Maryland and meet the officers of the Winfield Scott/General Gaines court of inquiry. Hitchock noted that Almonte had gone ahead to Washington and that the interpreter with Santa Anna at that particular moment is "poorly acquianted with that language."
While there is a story that Santa Anna and Scott meet that day, Hitchcock does not mention who was actually present other than the officers of the court.
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Post by martinvasquez on May 17, 2011 9:25:01 GMT -5
Great information! thanks Kevin! I was also wondering if there was any details to Santa Anna's visit to the Whitehouse? I guess I am curious to how he was treated and what he did socially. From what I have read he was treated respectfully and as a visiting dignitary.
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Post by Hiram on Jan 16, 2013 12:42:46 GMT -5
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Post by Seguin on Jan 17, 2013 23:43:58 GMT -5
Good stuff! Thanks...
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Post by Allen Wiener on Jan 18, 2013 13:22:45 GMT -5
Very good stuff! Many thanks for posting this!
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Post by Rich Curilla on Jan 18, 2013 19:28:12 GMT -5
Wow! This would be material worthy of a movie itself. Or perhaps a History Channel program.
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