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From the "National Gazette and Literary Register" - Philadelphia, Pa. - December 29, 1825
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| Collection of Kameron K. Searle |
This article is interesting for several reasons. It is a very early reference to someone having "Gone to Texas."
This phrase would become very popular more than ten years later to refer to the settlers who poured into Texas following the
Texas Revolution in 1836. The article is also important in that it indicates in print that Palmer(Parmer) was believed
to have gone to Texas in 1825. One last point of interest is that Col. Palmer(Parmer) already had the rank of Colonel
before coming to Texas. Wikipedia uses this newspaper article as the example of 'Gone to Texas' for the article on that
subject.
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