de Cordova Portrait

ID: 2304 ~ Source: Ornish, Natalie, "Jacob Raphael de Cordova," Texas State Historical Association, https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fde03
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de Cordova Portrait

Jacob sympathized with Texans fighting for their independence during his time in New Orleans in 1836. He claimed his ancestors faced the wrath of the Spanish Inquisition in Europe, which is why they fled to Jamaica. He could therefore relate to the colonists facing the wrath of the Mexican government.

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By Anabel Burke
Settlers of the Texas Frontier were undeniably an eclectic bunch, and the founders of Waco were no exception. One of the main organizers of the new city was a Jewish, Jamaican-born Spaniard named Jacob de Cordova. De Cordova was not only…