The Texas Presidency
On March 2, 1836, when a group of 59 men meeting at Washington-on-the-Brazos declared Texas's independence from Mexico, they did so in an atmosphere of crisis. As they turned their attention to hastily draft a constitution for the new nation they called the Republic of Texas, the crisis intensified. ....
See more at an online exhibit from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/presidents/