1850 ANSON JONES. History of Texas Owned by Last President of Texas + Handwritten Marginalia! Reformation At university Gladstone was a

At university Gladstone was a Tory and denounced Whig proposals for parliamentary reform

He was ordained in 1853 and quickly became a prominent leader in the movement

Quite a scarce volume containing a biography and rare sermons by William Arthur

Good + to very good

Provenance

1850 ANSON JONES. History of Texas Owned by Last President of Texas + Handwritten Marginalia! Reformation At university Gladstone was aAn absolutely fascinating and an important piece of Texas history; President Anson Jones personally owned and twice signed history of Texas with marginalia on the geography and constitutional history of the Republic. Anson Jones [1798 1858] is one of the most significant figures in the history of Texas. Known as the "Architect of Annexation," he also served as the 4th and final President of the Republic of Texas and was the first to formally urge