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| | Handbook of Texas Online: CONVENTION OF 1836 |
 | | The convention met on March 1, 1836, in near-freezing weather in an unfinished building belonging to Noah T. Byars and Peter M. |
 | | Twelve of the members were natives of Virginia, ten of North Carolina, nine of Tennessee, six of Kentucky, four of Georgia, three of South Carolina, three of Pennsylvania, three of Mexico (including two born in Texas), two of New York, and one each of Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Canada. |
 | | Only ten of the delegates were in Texas as early as January 1830; two of them arrived in 1836. |
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