English: 1836 newspaper article relating the now famous quote from a story told by David Crockett in Nacogdoches, Texas shortly before his death at The Alamo. Referring to the voters of his District in his last campaign for Congress, Crockett said that if they failed to re-elect him that "they might go to hell, and I would go to Texas." This article is from the April 9, 1836 edition of the Niles' Weekly Register, page 99.
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