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On April
19, 1836, Sam Houston made notes of his plans to meet
Santa Anna on the battlefield. This document is one
of several copies Houston made and sent to various
friends for safekeeping in case he did not survive
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Sam Houston
 It
is almost impossible to overstate the influence of Sam Houston
on Texas history. For thirty years, Sam Houston was the
dominant star around which the Texas political constellations
revolved. The Texas State Library
and Archives has additional information about Houston on
other on-line exhibits, including:
Giants
of Texas History
Portraits
of Texas Governors
The
McArdle Notebooks
Indian
Relations in Texas
The
Story of the Texas Navy
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At a Glance
Second
President of Texas
Served: Oct. 22, 1836 - Dec. 10, 1838
Born: March 2, 1793
in Rockbridge County, Virginia
Died: July 26, 1863 in Huntsville, Texas
No first lady (divorced)
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