Specifically, Colonel William Barret Travis’ “Victory or Death” letter written during the battle of the Alamo and delivered to General Sam Houston. The Alamo Letter Society held an unveiling ...

The letter is addressed to the people of Texas and “all Americans in the world,” and it contains William B. Travis’ impassioned plea for aid to the Alamo garrison. The Travis Letter traveled ...

The 157 men under William B. Travis’ command were surrounded by thousands of Mexican soldiers at the Alamo when he penned one ...