Occupation Historian Name Mary Holley | Role Writer | |
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Relatives Stephen F. Austin (cousin) Died August 2, 1846, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Books Texas; Observations, Historical, Geographical and Descriptive | ||
Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846) was an American historical writer best known as the author of the first known English-language history of Texas, Texas (1833), expanded in 1836 into History of Texas. She was a cousin of Stephen F. Austin, who arranged for Holley to receive a land grant on Galveston Bay. Although Holley visited Texas five times (in 1831, 1835, 1838, 1840, and 1843), she was never able to afford to move there.
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