Freestone County, Texas
History - 1840s




MANUFACTURERS AND FARMERS JOURNAL AND 
PROVIDENCE AND PAWTUCKET ADVERTISER newspaper 
Providence, Rhode Island
May 8, 1845 edition

TEXAS - The Union says that the last arrival from Texas brought favorable 
despatches [dispatches] from Major Donaldson for our Government, and adds 
-- "His letters breathe great confidence as to the ratification of our 
propositions by the approaching Congress."