Mensaje del Gobernador de Texas a la Legislatura decimacuarta, segunda sesion.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish |
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[Mexico] :
Imprenta de I. Cumplido,
1875.
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| Item Description: | Message from Governor Coke to the 14th Legislture, 2nd session. The English language version was published in the Journal of the House of Representatives. The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. "First, and presumably only Spanish-language edition, of a rare address by the governor of Texas, Richard Coke to the second session of the 14th Texas State Legislature in January 1875. Governor Coke addresses a myriad of issues of general state interest, such as geological survey work, public charities, General Land Office issues, public education, state finances, and more. He even touches on the recent "troubles in DeWitt County," involving the ongoing Sutton- Taylor feud, and asks for an additional $7,000 to finish building the Agricultural and Mechanical College (known today as Texas A&M University) so that the "first State institution of learning in Texas" could open the following fall (it finally opened in October of the following year). This Spanish translation of Coke's report also touches on several subjects of Mexican interest, ... such as immigration, frontier defense, and an international railroad line to Mexico, which Coke argues immigration will help bring to fruition. Governor Coke exhorts the value of increased immigration to Texas in nine pages of text, touting a liberal policy for bringing immigrants into Texas and making the state "a power to be consulted in the Federal administration." --From vendor's description. Concludes with a Message by Coke dated March 6, 1875, sent to the President of the Texas Senate, R.B. Hubbard, in which Coke vetoes an international bond bill. |
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| Physical Description: | 168 pages ; 20 cm |