​Moses Austin

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Marker Text: ​ Born in Connecticut, October fourth, 1761: moved to Philadelphia in 1783. Thence to Virginia in 1785 and to Missouri in San Antonio on December 23, 1820. Died in Missouri June 10, 1821.
​       Moses Austin here petitioned the Spanish authorities for the right to bring three-hundred families to Texas and returned to Missouri to wait the answer. Exposure and exhaustion during his Texas journey caused his death a few days after receiving notification that his petition had been granted. His dying request was that his son Stephen should carry out his vision . A man of vision, enterprise, industry  and indomitable energy... he most fittingly bequeathed the realization of his plans to his more deliberate, patient, tactful and diplomatic son. (1936)

Marker No: 246

Statue - Centennial 

Geographic: 29.424911,-98.495445

Location: ​City Hall, Military Plaza, San Antonio