On the death (1821) of his father, Moses Austin, he took over a grant to bring U.S. settlers into Spanish Texas. ... Was leader of that colony.
Stephen Austin
Stephen Austin
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Incumbent PresidentUlysses S. Grant won reelection in the 1872 presidential election defeating Horace Greeley. In the 1872 presidential election Ulysses S. Grant received 286 of the 352 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Grant 3,598,235 and Greeley 2,834,761.
Moses Austin received his land grant from Mexico in 1820.
He recieved a land grant from the Spanish government in 1820.
Moses Austin had the first grant to settle 300 families in Texas!(:
he helped moses austin win his empresario grant
stephen austin
Baron De Bastrop :)
to get a land grant to settle people in texas.
Stephen Fuller Austin received a coastal grant in 1828
1. He had the 1st grant to settle 300 families in Texas. 2. He was the father of Stephen F. Austin.
He asked Congress
On the death (1821) of his father, Moses Austin, he took over a grant to bring U.S. settlers into Spanish Texas. ... Was leader of that colony.
Baron de Bastrop's friendship with Governor Martinez was important to Moses Austin because they helped secure a land grant in Louisiana for Austin's plan to establish a colony of American settlers in Texas. Governor Martinez supported the settlement plan and mediated the initial negotiations between Austin and the Spanish government. Bastrop's influence and connections with Spanish officials helped facilitate the approval of the land grant.