Robert Dale Owen Texas annexation letter

Collection

Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.03349

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This small collection is comprised of a letter in which Congressman Owen writes that Mexico “has no more just claim over Texas than Spain over Mexico or Great Britain over the United States.”

Dates

Creation: 1844

Creator

Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no use restrictions on this collection. Publisher is responsible for complying with copyright law.

Biographical/Historical Note

Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877) was the son of Robert Owen, a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. Owen emigrated to the United States in 1825 and was a longtime exponent of the socialist doctrines of his father, as well as a politician in the Democratic Party. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives twice (1835-1838; 1851-1853) and was also elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1842, and served from 1843 to 1847.