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Wealthiest signer of Declaration of Independence arrives in Texas
On this day in 1834, Robert Hamilton, a native of Scotland, settled in the Red River area of Texas. Hamilton, a wealthy merchant, was one of the five men sent by Pecan Point and vicinity, or the Red River District, to the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos. He was probably the wealthiest man to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence. Because of his financial experience, wealth, and extensive connections, Hamilton was appointed, with George C. Childress, on March 19, 1836, to go to Washington, D.C., to seek recognition of the independence of Texas and establishment of commercial relations with the United States.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- HAMILTON, ROBERT
- TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- CONVENTION OF 1836
- PECAN POINT PLANTATION
- PECAN POINT, TX
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