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Post by mustanggray on May 25, 2010 12:38:17 GMT -5
"Evidently, this person was once "outed" on ebay for trying to pawn off a purported Republic of Texas uniform coat with recast R of T buttons added. He's well known among clollector circles nationwide as a fraud." Mark, This sounds like the same coat the fellow at the History Shop had for sale for a while... is this correct? I know the one I saw on eBay was the same on he had in the History Shop and he was really adament about not letting anyone examine the coat. There were a few of us that were serious about pooling our money to purchase the coat if it was authentic but he wouldn't even let me look at it! That combined with several other obvious visible issues led me to believe he knew something was "up" with it at that time. It's wierd how these things surface and disappear! SMc
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Post by Kevin Young on Sept 27, 2010 11:27:09 GMT -5
According to this article in the New York Times, Phil Collins has bought the "Travis: Sword Belt...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/magazine/26fob-q4-t.html?_r=1
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Post by mustanggray on Oct 5, 2010 11:40:09 GMT -5
Well, if you've got the money... I still say the piece oughtta be valued as (if it's documentable) part of Santa Anna's personal uniform, but then who am I to say such things?! SMc
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Post by sloanrodgers on Jan 6, 2011 15:37:48 GMT -5
Swords and coats aside. Does anyone know what became of the alleged Col. Travis's bible that his daughter was trying to sell to Texas during the mid-1890s?
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Post by Kevin Young on Jan 6, 2011 19:57:48 GMT -5
Swords and coats aside. Does anyone know what became of the alleged Col. Travis's bible that his daughter was trying to sell to Texas during the mid-1890s? This is from the Texas Treasures Page on the Texas State Library/Archives site (which you may have already seen) The acquisition of this famous document is memorialized in the Museum accession log (accession #39) of the Texas State Library and Eighteenth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History (1892). It was exhibited in a "locked glass showcase" with other manuscripts, artifacts, and rare books, according to another accession log, which also documents the loan and final acquisition of the letter along with the family Bible and a copy of Colonel Travis' last will and testament. The exhibit was apparently permanent as the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History (1903) mentioned that the letter is on exhibition in the main room of the State Library, along with other relics, including the San Jacinto battle flag and President Lamar's pistols.
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Post by sloanrodgers on Jan 6, 2011 22:16:34 GMT -5
Swords and coats aside. Does anyone know what became of the alleged Col. Travis's bible that his daughter was trying to sell to Texas during the mid-1890s? This is from the Texas Treasures Page on the Texas State Library/Archives site (which you may have already seen) The acquisition of this famous document is memorialized in the Museum accession log (accession #39) of the Texas State Library and Eighteenth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History (1892). It was exhibited in a "locked glass showcase" with other manuscripts, artifacts, and rare books, according to another accession log, which also documents the loan and final acquisition of the letter along with the family Bible and a copy of Colonel Travis' last will and testament. The exhibit was apparently permanent as the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History (1903) mentioned that the letter is on exhibition in the main room of the State Library, along with other relics, including the San Jacinto battle flag and President Lamar's pistols.No I had not seen that reference to Travis' Bible. I just ran across an article in the March 28, 1895 Daily Herald out of Brownsville, which mentioned that Travis' daughter was destitute and trying to sell the book. That's sad, selling your heritage. Thanks.
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Post by Kevin Young on Jan 7, 2011 9:55:05 GMT -5
This is from the Texas Treasures Page on the Texas State Library/Archives site (which you may have already seen) The acquisition of this famous document is memorialized in the Museum accession log (accession #39) of the Texas State Library and Eighteenth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History (1892). It was exhibited in a "locked glass showcase" with other manuscripts, artifacts, and rare books, according to another accession log, which also documents the loan and final acquisition of the letter along with the family Bible and a copy of Colonel Travis' last will and testament. The exhibit was apparently permanent as the Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History (1903) mentioned that the letter is on exhibition in the main room of the State Library, along with other relics, including the San Jacinto battle flag and President Lamar's pistols.No I had not seen that reference to Travis' Bible. I just ran across an article in the March 28, 1895 Daily Herald out of Brownsville, which mentioned that Travis' daughter was destitute and trying to sell the book. That's sad, selling your heritage. Thanks. I would check with the State Archives to see if it is still there...
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