Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-286) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : a death unmourned -- The legatee -- Staking his claim -- The unmaking of a nationalist, 1823-1828 -- The making of a nullifier -- The chief nullifier, 1829-1833 -- An enterprising gentleman, 1834-1839 -- Texas and the diplomacy of debt, 1837-1842 -- Frustrated hopes, 1842-1848 -- "Fortunes greatly impaired but a spirit unsubdued", 1849-1857 -- Epilogue : the legatee's legacy.
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