Description
3 page manuscript of verse entitled: “Written for the celebration of the 4th of July 1836 at Plymouth, Mississippi.” First stanza begins: “The hour has come, when Texians brave – Must choose bright glory, or the Grave;” Accompanying note explains “Ralston most likely went with Quitman to fight for Texas independence.”
Creation Date
7-4-1836
City
Plymouth
State/Province
Mississippi
Keywords
Sam Ralston, poem, poetry, Texas, Texians
Resource Identifier
070425-17
Date Digital
10-6-2013
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Military History | Political History | Social History | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
en-US
Digitization Specifications
600ppi or 800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; Original converted to JPEG with Irfan View, Fast Stone, or GIMP software. JPEGs compiled in PDF using Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Ralston, Sam., "Sam Ralston poetry manuscript (song)" (1836). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 10.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/10
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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