I cannot discount the possibility of the plan to combine La. And Texas. I understand the time line re:La. statehood, but there was nothing to stop "annexation" meaning an extension of the existing and adjoining property (east Texas), and surrendering back to Mexico the land south of the Nueces, in return for a peace treaty with his brother Santa Anna. (Texas and Coahuila had been one state of Mexico)
Houston (I imagine) would have happily supported combining the two states, if he were Senator (or Governor) of that new state. He sure liked New Orleans. He borrowed $1,000,000 from A.de Orvanne of New Orleans in 1842.


I personally feel that the idea of adding two new senators on the slave state side would outweigh the advantages of combining Texas with the new state of Louisiana, and that was very much a matter of interest to Sam Houstons mentor and allies in DC at that time, as abolition was coming to a vote soon.

The Raven was a man of intrigue and action, for sure.

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