Mary austin holley biography books
Mary austin holley
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Born: 10/30/1784
Birthplace: New Haven, Conn.
Mary Austin studied languages and music in New Haven before marrying Rev.
Horace Holley in 1805. They had a son and a daughter. In 1818 Reverend Holley became president of Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. After her husband died in 1827, Holley became a governess in Louisiana.
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She was always close to her cousin, Stephen F. Austin, who led early colonization of Texas. He arranged for Holley to receive a land grant on Galveston Bay, and in 1831 she visited the colony. During the trip she made sketches and notes that were published in 1833, Texas: Observations.
Historical, Geographical and Descriptive in a Series of Letters Written during a Visit to Austin's Colony, with a View to a Permanent Settlement in That Country in the Autumn of 183