Texas Historical Documents

     The page will include links to some of the the most important documents in the history of Texas. You can contribute to this project by transcribing a document important to Texas history. You will receive credit as a transcriber.

• The Fredonian Declaration of Independence
  
  Text of the Fredonian Declaration of Independence. The Fredonian Rebellion was an early attempt to declare Texas independent of Mexico in 1826.
• The Travis Letter - "Victory or Death"
  
  The world famous "Victory or Death" letter penned by William Barrett Travis while besieged within the Alamo by the Mexican army in San Antonio, Texas in 1836.
• David Crockett Quote
  
  Newspaper article about Davy Crockett's famous quote.