Descendants of Samuel Augustus Maverick (source of the term “maverick”) have donated rare papers to the Daughters of the Revolution of Texas and the Alamo Library. The collection includes a copy of the Declaration of Independence of Texas from 1836. Bruce Winders, curator of the Alamo Library, described the what this copy was originally used for:
“They were meant to be passed around and posted. Today they’d send it out as an e-mail attachment,” Winders said, adding Maverick’s copy is in remarkably good condition. “I think people will be surprised to see this document and know it was printed in 1836.”
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