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Texas Declaration of Independence, [transcript copy]. One of thousands of free digital items from the University of Houston Libraries Digital Collections. The undersigned, Plenipotentiaries from the Republic of Texas to the United States of America, respectfully present to the American People the unanimous DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, made by the People of Texas in General Convention, on the 2d day of March, 1836; and, also, the CONSTITUTION framed by the same body. ROBERT HAMILTON, GEO. C The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington on the 2nd day of March 1836. The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the Town of Washington on the 2nd day of March 1836 The Texas Declaration of Independence March 2,1836 A quarrel between Governor Henry Smith and the Council in January, 1836, paralyzed the Provisional Government of Texas. Fortunately, the Council had called for an election on February 1 to select delegates to a convention at Washington on March 1 to form a new government. 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence On March 2, 1836, the Texas Declaration of Independence was presented to the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Like the United States Declaration of Independence, the Texas Declaration has a statement on the nature of government, a list of grievances and a declaration of independence. After signing the original document (which is in the According to the endorsement on the Declaration of Independence, this original copy was deposited by Commissioner to the United States William H. Wharton with the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. It was not returned to Texas until some time after June 1896. A free and independent Republic of Texas was officially declared March 2, 1836. Over the course of the next several days, 59 delegates -- each representing one of the settlements in Texas -- approved the Texas Declaration of Independence. Texas Declaration of Independence - 2nd of March, 01836 by Republic of Texas (pretender government) Topics Claiborne West, Edwin Waller, James B. Woods, James G. Swisher, Charles S. Taylor, David Thomas, George W. Smyth, Elijah Stapp, Charles B. Stewart, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, William. B. The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington on the second day of March 1836. When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the advancement of whose happiness it was instituted, and so far from being a guarantee The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington on the 2nd day of March 1836. According to the endorsement on the Declaration of Independence, this original copy was deposited by Commissioner to the United States William H. Wharton with the United States Department of State in Washington, DC. It was not returned to Texas until some time after June 1896. After the delegates signed the original declaration, five copies were made and dispatched to the designated Texas towns of Bexar, Goliad, Nacogdoches, Brazoria, and San Felipe. One thousand copies were ordered to be printed in handbill form to circulate the momentous news. After delegates gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos in March of 1836 to form the new government of the Republic of Texas, they sent a handwritten copy of the Texas Declaration of Independence to the town of San Felipe de Austin for printers there to produce a broadside version for wider distribution. The printers were Baker & Bordens, a small company that handled other orders from the Texas This broadside copy of the Texas Declaration of Independence was published in 1836, after Texas won its independence from Mexico, by Hotchkiss and Company of New Orleans. Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflects the original. The Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico dated March 2, 1836 at the Town of Washington. Copy of original document with transcription. Citation information:Texas Declaration of Independence. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Copyright information:The Texas State Library and Archives Commission believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States. Back to "Texas Declaration of Independence" The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the Town of Washington on the 2nd day of March 1836 When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and Declares that a "Free, Sovereign, and Independent Republic" has been constituted by the people of Texas. The Dr. Paul Burns copy, listed in the Thomas Taylor census Texfake as #2 of authentic copies.
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