Battle of Zacatecas Newspaper article

[tjking]

This is my first post here, so I hope I post this in the proper location and format.

I scanned this image from an original newspaper article I purchased. It is the Troy Daily Whig (NY) and is dated June 30, 1835.

The article describes Santa Anna's crushing defeat of the rebels in Zacatecas. It mentions other regions in revolt. It describes stories of Americans being dragged from the streets of Matamoros on orders from a Priest. It portrays the general sense of fear that the government is targeting and harrassing Americans ("Foreigners") and that the "President" is coming north to crush the rebellion. Zacatecas also was a demonstration of Santa Anna wanting to use them to be made an example of. (With raping and pillaging)

This would have taken place about the time Travis was forming an armed militia and Austin was in Mexico.

I looked up the so called Mexican captain Trask and found a few references to cargo being transported from New York to the gulf and back by a Capt. Trask. (Not sure if any relation to Olwyn Trask at San Jacinto).

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[Allen Wiener]

Hi, and welcome to the forum; thanks for posting this item; very interesting to note the degree to which Americans were aware of happenings in Texas.

Many thanks for joining in the ASF!

Allen

[tjking]

Thanks for the welcome, Allen. The Newspaper is an interesting item in that it is about 6 broad pages total and mostly advertisements for stoves, tickets for riverboats on the Hudson and other assorted goods and services. The few articles of News were general interest, like the "4th of July" announcement. But this story seems like an "Extra" or what we call now Breaking News. The story was borrowed or attributed to another paper called the NY American.

So as you said, there seemed to be a great deal of interest in the Mexican rebellion all the way up in Troy, New York.

[Allen Wiener]

I've spent countless hours alternately amused and going blind reading those early 19th century newspapers. They are quite a trip. It was common practice at the time for many newspapers to carry the same story from an original source and then from one another. And, yes, there was a lot of news coming from Texas at the time.

[Jim Boylston]

Thanks for the link.
Welcome to the forum!

Jim

[tjking]

Mar 6, 2011 15:37:05 GMT -5 Jim Boylston said:

Thanks for the link.
Welcome to the forum!

Jim

Thanks Jim, glad you enjoyed it.

[Kevin Young]

Yes-thanks for the Link. It was most interesting. Illinois papers were following events in Texas before the Alamo as well....

And welcome aboard.