Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846) was an American historical writer best known as the author of the first known English-language history of Texas, Texas (1833), expanded in 1836 into History of Texas.^[1] She was a cousin of Stephen F. Austin, who arranged for Holley to receive a land grant on Galveston Bay. Although Holley visited Texas five times (in 1831, 1835, 1838, 1840, and 1843), she was never able to afford to move there.

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• Dall, Curtis B. "Holley, Mary Austin in Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.
• Lee, Rebecca Smith. Mary Austin Holley: A Biography (Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation Series, No 2). University of Texas Press, 1987. ISBN 0292750986

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• A Guide to the Mary Austin Holley Papers, 1784-1846

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