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During the 1820s Mirabeau Lamar, a Georgia native, established the Columbus Enquirer newspaper and served in the state senate. In 1835 he left Georgia for Texas, where he became president of the republic in 1838.

Reprinted by permission of Institute of Texan Cultures, # 068-0069, source unknown

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