Teja, Jesus F. De LaGray, Andrew Emery2020-05-192020-05-192008-12Gray, A. E. (2008). All our labors are gone to the devil: Thomas F McKinney, Samuel May Williams and the Texas Revolution (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/9986Thomas F. McKinney and Samuel May Williams were aggressive entrepreneurs in early Texas who formed a partnership in 1834. Their ventures in land speculation and the cotton market led to their participation in the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836. However, their politics placed them at odds with the Texas independence movement and their vast material aid to the war left them deeply in debt.Text139 pages1 file (.pdf)eninterim governmentsmercantile systemThesis