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Sunday's Child - Nikolas
Archives Commission to Decide on Travis Letter 10/24/12
Associated Press
October 24, 2012
AUSTIN - The State Library and Archives Commission will soon
decide whether to loan the "Victory or Death" letter penned by Col. William
Barret Travis to the Alamo.
The commission is meeting Wednesday to reconsider a request by the General
Land Office to display the item at the place where Travis wrote the letter, one
of the most famous in Texas history. The commission already voted the proposal
down once.
Archivists have been keeping the letter in dark storage, fearful that
exposure to light will further damage the fading document. But the General Land
Office, which now manages the Alamo, calls the letter a treasure the public
should have a chance to see.
Travis wrote the letter while commanding the Alamo, calling for
reinforcements as Mexican forces prepared to storm the church.