Travis' Victory or Death Letter - Fine Art Print

"I shall never surrender or retreat." Col. William Barrett Travis' Victory or Death letter has been called a masterpiece of American Patriotism, but the letter reached the world at large in a slightly different form than he intended.When they printed the original broadside at San Felipe de Austin, Baker & Borden changed a few words, omitted the address line and altered the salutation.That's the form that made it into the Telegraph and Texas Register, which was copied by the New Orleans papers on March 16 and finally arrived in Washington DC on March 31. It wasn't until mid April that the text was printed in the New England papers.Those New Englanders were the first to read it with the poignancy that you and I experience, as they had already learned the fate of Travis and the Alamo defenders.Here it is: Restored to the form Travis intended. 18 by 24 inches. The type clean, clear and legible. If your vision is 20/20 you can read it from across the room.It's designed to remind you of