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Battle of Goliad Map brings $250K to lead $1.7 million Heritage Americana & Political Auction One of Texas Revolution’s earliest printed records, map had not been seen in public since 1966. DALLAS, TX .- One of the earliest and most important contemporary printed records of the Texas Revolution, unseen since 1966, soared to $250,000 to lead Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 27-28 Americana & Political Auction to $1,695,964 in total sales. The two-day event boasted sell-through rates of 98.1% by lots sold, and 95.9% by value sold, and drew an impressive 1,669 bidders. One of the earliest and most important contemporary printed records of the Texas Revolution, Fort Defiance: 1836 Joseph Chadwick Map of Col. James Fannin s Defenses at the Historic Site of the Battle of Goliad raced past its pre-auction estimate of $100,000 before finishing at $250,000. The map drawn by Fannin s adjutant, Joseph Chadwick and sent to Chadwick s mother shortly before the pair died. The story of the Texas R

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