3. Texas During the Mexican Era Part B (1830-August 1835)
Selected Texas History Primary Source Documents
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Suggestion: One might also find it useful to consult the list of documents and collections of documents at List 2, "Texas in the Nineteenth Century: General."
Coahuila and Texas. Laws and Decrees of the State of Coahuila and Texas . . . , 1839. Link to document
San Felipe de Austin. Ayuntamiento. Minutes of meetings, 1828-1832. Deals with various matters of local government of the headquarters town of Stephen F. Austin. [For a useful introduction to the document, read Footnote 1 of Part I at this link. Scroll down for the footnote.] The relevant documents for this list are in lists III-XII.
Part III (February 1-July 5, 1830).
Part IV (July 14-September 13, 1830)
Part V (September 13-October 16, 1830)
Part VI (October 16-November 1, 1830)
Part VII (November 2-December 6, 1830)
Part VIII (December 6-19, 1830) [Part VIII is mislabeled Part VII in the Quarterly.]
Part IX (December 19, 1830-March 9, 1831)
Part X (March 9-May 2, 1831)
Part XI (June 5, 1831)
Part XII (July 4, 1831-January 2, 1832)
Documents relating to efforts of Tadeo Ortiz de Ayala to bring European colonists to Texas, 1830-1833. Ortiz was Mexican consul at Bordeaux, France, at the time. [For an introduction to the documents click on this link.]
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
DeWitt Colony Papers: Documents and correspondence, 1829-1834. Link to document
Caroline Von Hinueber. Recollections of childhood in Mexican Texas, 1831-1835. Author, an immigrant from Germany, was a child of eleven or twelve years of age when she arrived in Texas. Tells of life in what is now Austin County. Link to document
Correspondence regarding slavery. [The six documents beginning with "Ellis to Austin Jan 1830" relate to this time period.] Link to document
_____________. Statement defending former president of Mexico against charges relating to Texas, January 30, 1830. The statement, appearing in El Sol, a Mexico City newspaper, states that Vicente Guererro did not enter into negotiations to sell Texas to the United States. [Scroll down to the document, which begins "A few days before . . . ."] Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Jose Antonio Navarro, March 23, 1830. Notes that the Mexican vice president has indicated that Texas is in danger. Austin: "Texans will defend their rights and land. I suspect that the emigrants will favor an attack from the north . . . ." Opposes such but does not believe that it will happen. Puts hope in the state government. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Stephen F. Austin. Advertisement for colonists [excerpt]. [1830?]. Austin tries to allay any fears about land titles and Indian dangers. States that colonists must conform to Catholicism. The document excerpt begins with the paragraph beginning "The title to your land . . . ." Link to document
Republic of Mexico. Congress. Law of April 6, 1830. Decrees the end of colonization of Texas by foreigners. Specifies that slavery must come to an end there. [This document is located at the Texas Education Agency's "Social Studies Center Primary Resources" website. [This is a pdf file. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have it, it may be possible to download a free copy from the Internet.] Link to document. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can view a slightly incomplete version of the document by clicking on this link. [The law and the decree are the same.]
______________. Comments on Anglo-American settlement in Texas. [Probably an excerpt.] [1830?] Date of writing not specified but seems to be in response to the Law of April 6, 1830. Unidentified Tejano very much favors the coming of Anglo Americans into Texas. Link to document
Flying Company of Alamo de Parras [Bexar]. Report showing articles of armament, munitions, clothing, saddles, equipment, horses, and mules on hand, May 16, 1830. [To access this document, click on "Link to access page," then on "May 16, 1830."] Link to access page
S. Rhoads Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, June 2, 1830. Writes from New Orleans. Wants to know the political situation in Texas in light of the Decree of April 6. Is concerned about whether or not to bring his family to Texas. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to S. Rhoads Fisher, June 17, 1830. Response to Fisher's letter of June 2. Does not believe that the restriction on emigration from the United States applies to his colony. Comments extensively on the situation in Mexico. Is critical of Joel Poinsett's activities and of the efforts of the U.S. to obtain Texas. Expresses anti-slavery feelings and states that he supports the proposition that no more slaves should be imported into Texas. Link to document
S. Rhoads Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, August 14, 1830. Very glad to discern from Austin's letter of July 4 that the Mexican government "has again assumed a friendly aspect toward us." Lauds James Bowie as a great asset to Austin's colony. Detests slavery but thinks allowing it in Texas is necessary to attract substantial settlers. Link to document
S. Rhoads Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, August 23, 1830. Has received Austin's letter of June 17. Is surprised that Austin favors not allowing the importation of slaves into Texas. Argues that it is necessary for its economic development, etc. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Manuel Mier y Teran, September 17, 1830. (Excerpt) Is glad that Col. Juan Davis Bradburn is coming "to take charge at Galveston" to replace George Fisher. Explains why. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Rafael Eca y Musquiz. Statement certifying the conferring of Mexican citizenship upon James Bowie, September 30, 1830. [In Spanish. Click on document for a larger image.] Link to document
Ayuntamiento of San Felipe. Minutes, October 5, 1830. (Excerpts) Critical of George Fisher. Says he took advantage of council members' inability to understand Spanish to cause them to take official positions about partisan political issues that they did not mean to take. Link to document
Rafael Eca y Musquiz. Statement certifying the conferring of Mexican citizenship upon James Bowie, September 30, 1830. [In Spanish. Click on document for a larger image.] Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Lucas Alaman, October 18, 1830. [Excerpt] Notes that George Fisher, during the previous spring had "tried to fill me with fears as to the intent of the present Administration regarding Texas." Then he changed his position completely. Austin regrets recommending him as secretary of the Ayuntamiento of San Felipe. Believes that Fisher wants to "plant doubts in the Government against me . . . in order to help the Guerrero party." Link to document
Marriage certificate for John Oliver and Nancy Curtis. Marriage, 1831[?]. Issued by Green DeWitt. Such certificates were issued in civil ceremonies held in absence of a Catholic priest in cases where no priest was in local residence. Link to document
S. Rhoads Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, January 10, 1831. Writer complains about what he considers unfair tonnage duties to Mexico for goods he was planning to export in his ship. Says he understands that Mexico will enforce its anti-emigration laws even in Austin's colony. Says Mexican policy toward Anglo-American colonists will be injudicious. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Samuel May Williams, January 13, 1831. [Excerpt] Says George Fisher is writing book alleging that he had been persecuted by a faction led by Austin and that the majority of the settlers are anti-Austin. Colony leaders must be prepared to counter these falsehoods. Link to document
Marriage certificate for James Bowie and Ursula de Veramendi, April 25, 1831. Their marriage vows were exchanged at Fernando de Bexar. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Thomas F. Leaming, [July 1831]. [Appears to be somewhat excerpted.] Reports that the political situation in Mexico "is settling down upon a more solid basis." Comments on possible candidates for the upcoming presidential election. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Manuel de Mier y Teran to Jose Maria Letona, August 15, 1831. [May be an excerpt.] The commandant of the Eastern Interior Provinces of Mexico writes the governor of Coahuila and Texas that he has determined the area in eastern Texas where the Cherokee may reside. Details. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Ramon Musquiz to Jose Maria Letona, September 25, 1831. Political chief of Bexar writes to governor of Coahuila and Texas about efforts of Indians in eastern Texas to obtain lands in that region. [Scroll down for English translation.] Link to document
Land grant title documents for DeWitt colonist David Burket, 1831-1832. Consists of a petition to Jose Antonio Navarro, land commissioner for the state of Coahuila and Texas, a charge to Empresario Green DeWitt by Navarro for verification of the petition, a signed verification by DeWitt that the petition is legitimate, a declaration of issuance of title signed by Navarro, a decree for title, a description of the land, and an image of the actual title certificate [in Spanish], followed by an English translation. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin. Description of Texas. December, 1831. Was intended for publication as a pamphlet for distribution in Europe. Apparently it was never printed. Covers such topics as topography, climate, economic opportunities, towns, criteria for acceptance of would-be immigrants, etc. [Scroll down to the heading, "1831."] Link to document
James Morgan. Notes, April 27, 1853. They relate to events at Anahuac in November of 1831. Author is critical of Fisher's actions as Collector of Customs at Galveston. Link to document
G. B. McKinstry. Notes, [n.d.] Relates events in late 1831 at Anahuac. Very critical of George Fisher's behavior as collector of customs at Galveston. Link to document
D. L. Kokernot. Reminiscences, Gonzales Inquirer, August 17, 1878. Tells of buying land on San Jacinto Bay in 1832 and meeting Sam Houston in 1834. Link to document.
Col. Juan Davis Bradburn to Commandant General Vicente Filisola, 1832. Author, commandant at the Mexican army post at Anahuac, reports on events there in 1831-1832. Link to document
Nicholas Labadie. Memoir of experiences in Mexican Texas. Written in the 1850s. Author tells of his coming to Texas in 1830, his practice of medicine, and of his participation in the confrontations at Anahuac between Bradburn and William B. Travis. Link to document
Francis W. Johnson. Account of outbreak of hostilities at Anahuac in 1832. Probably written in the 1850s. Author was a participant in the resistance to Mexican Colonel John Bradburn at Anahuac. Link to document
Francis Smith to A. G. and R. Mills, March 11, 1832. Author writes from Tenoxtitlan (in present-day Burleson County) of his participation in the fur and hide trade there with Indians and others. Link to document
State of Coahuila and Texas. Colonization Law, April 30, 1832. Superceded the law of 1825. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to __________, [May ? 1832]. [Probably an excerpt.] Has met with General Mier y Teran who expresses interest in the prosperity of the Anglo colonists and his support for the repeal of Article 11 of the Law of April 6, etc. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Monroe Edwards to R. M. Williamson, May 24, 1832. Edwards, a resident of Anahuac, writes to a newspaper editor of the imprisonment there of lawyers William B. Travis and Patrick Jack and efforts made to free them from their confinement at the hands of local Mexican commandant, John Davis Bradburn. [For details, see sidebar.] Link to document
Turtle Bayou Resolutions, June 13, 1832. They give reasons for causes for taking up arms against Col. Juan Bradburn at Anahuac, express loyalty to the Constitution of 1824. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Samuel May Williams, June 15, 1832. [Probably an excerpt.] Comments on Mier y Teran's political position in Mexico at the time. [Scroll down for document.] Link to document
William Kincheloe and others to the governor of Coahuila and Texas, June 23, 1832. Resolution disassociating the signers from any anti-government activities. The signers, all residents of Mina (Bastrop), were declaring their allegiance to the Mexican government with respect to the dispute between Col. Juan Bradburn, commander of the Mexican troops at Anahuac, and some persons in Stephen F. Austin's colony. [To access this document, click on "Link to access page," then on "June 23, 1832."] Link to access page
Stephen F. Austin to Samuel May Williams, July 1, 1832. (Excerpt) Says he has talked with George Fisher. "I am reconciled with him. His intentions were better than were supposed . . . ." Link to document
Samuel M. Williams to B[artlett] Sims, July 1, 1832. Williams, writing in the name of Stephen F. Austin, urges Bastrop resident to rally others in the area in support of peace and loyalty to the government of Mexico in the wake of the disturbances at Anahuac. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to D. Ramon Musquiz, July 18, 1832. Says that Texas colonists give enthusiastic reception to General Mexia and acclaim General Santa Anna as the "heroic defender" of the constitution, laws, and rights of the Mexican states and nation. [Document is in Spanish.] [To access this document, click on "Link to access page," then on "July 18, 1832."] Link to access page
Ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin. Statement criticizing the regime of Mexican President Anastacio Bustamante, July 27, 1832. . Endorses General Santa Anna's efforts to restore the "Government to the true Constitutional basis . . . ." Includes six specific resolutions to that effect. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Ayuntamiento of San Felipe de Austin. Statement by the "Ayuntamiento and Inhabitants of Austin's Colony," July 27, 1837. [Similar to the document just above.] Makes reference to "the late commotions" and gives examples of misrule of the past several years. Contains resolutions. Pledges adherence to the plan of Santa Anna for restoring constitutional government. [Scroll down to the document, which continues for five additional pages.] Link to document
John W. Bullock to the alcalde of San Felipe de Austin, August 9, 1832. Reports the surrender of Mexican military force at Nacogdoches to troops loyal to General Santa Anna. Mentions James Bowie's participation. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Proceedings of the General Convention of Delegates Representing the Citizens and Inhabitants of Texas . . . . [October 1-6, 1832.] At the meeting, held at San Felipe, delegates discussed various issues and adopted resolutions that called on the Mexican Congress or the legislature of Coahuila and Texas to act on specific matters of concern. Among them were requests to modify the Law of April 6, 1830, so as to allow a resumption of immigration from the U.S. and for the separation of Texas from Coahuila. Although the resolutions were not presented to the legislative bodies (for various reasons), they reflect the thinking of many Anglo colonists about political matters of importance to them. Link to document
Documents of the Consultation at San Felipe de Austin, October 1832. The first document is "Memorial to the Mexican Government. San Felipe de Austin, October 4, 1832 To the Federal Congress of Mexico." [Several other documents follow. They are also in the Proceedings listed above. Note that interspersed with the documents is secondary source commentary and explanation.] Link to document
Asa Hoxey to Robert M. Williamson, December 2, 1832. Writes from Montgomery, Alabama to Williamson at San Felipe, Texas. States that "the Spirit of emigration to that country is great and thousands would go but for the terrors of . . . [the] Mexican government . . . ." Details. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Samuel W. Williams, December 6, 1832. [Excerpt] Writes from San Antonio that he has met with principal citizens about the need for Texas to separate from Coahuila. They all agree. The ayuntamiento is now meeting to draw up a remonstrance to the Mexican government in favor of separation. [Scroll down to the document] Link to document
George Fisher. Sketch, [late 1830s?]. In this third-person account, found in the Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers, Fisher tells of events between 1833 and 1835. Fisher published an anti-Centralist newspaper in Matamoras during the period. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin. Description of Texas. 1833. Written to support the effort to obtain a separate state government for Texas. Subjects covered: population (which he exaggerates), towns, commodities produced by farmers and others, transportation, etc. [Scroll down to heading, "1833."] Link to document
Ayuntamiento of Gonzales. Proceedings, 1833. Link to documents
Peter Ellis Bean to Sam Houston, February 4, 1833. "From the Commander at Nacogdoches." Says local people favor Houston to be a delegate to the Convention that year to consider separating Texas from Coahuila. Pledges his support to Houston in so far as military orders will permit. Link to document
Consultation at San Felipe de Austin. Petition for separation of Texas from Coahuila, April, 1833. Link to document
Sam Houston and others. Proposed constitution for a separate state of Texas in the Republic of Mexico, April 1833. Drafted at the Consultations of 1832 and 1833 at San Felipe. Link to document
David G. Burnet. Report of the Consultation of 1833, April 13, 1833. [Excerpt] Mentions many of the problems in Texas that led to the meeting of the Consultation. Link to document
George W. Smyth to Andrew Smyth, April 14, 1833. Written in Nacogdoches. Son writes father of political affairs in Texas, the Convention of 1833, and the advantages of settling in Texas. Link to document
George Fisher to Stephen F. Austin, April 16, 1833. Had "reason to expect to be treated by you better than you have done." Says he (Fisher) could yet "shake the foundation of your Colony, and your individual welfare . . . ." Has more than sufficient reason to do so, etc. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Luke Lesassier, May 6, 1833. Writes from San Antonio of his meeting with leading residents about petitioning the state government of Coahuila and Texas about the issue of separating Texas from the combined state. Many favor threatening unilateral separation if the capital is not moved to San Antonio. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to the Ayuntamiento of Nacogdoches, May 30, 1833. From Matamoras. Commandant-General Vicente Filisola assures him that the Mexican government is well-disposed toward Texas. Filisola has ordered customs houses reestablished. George Fisher to be collector again. Colonists should forget past problems with him. Says Mexican government has returned to a constitutional basis. Wants Texans to sustain state and federal authorities. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Wiley Martin, May 30, 1833. From Matamoras. Situation for Texas improved. Many in Mexico had believed incorrectly that Texas had declared independence and that John [Austin?] was organizing an army to fight the Mexicans. Contrasts attitudes of Filisola with those of Santa Anna and those around him. Although still opposed to slavery as an abstract principle, "Texas must be a slave country." Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to John Austin, May 31, 1833. He is sure that farmers and merchants in Texas will support George Fisher in his return as customs collector at Galveston. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to Samuel May Williams, May 31, 1833. Believes that the "upper colony will totally ruin me" and that James Bowie and others will lead Williams and John Austin "too far into speculations . . . . " Advises Williams to keep clear of all speculations. Has unlimited confidence in Filisola as commandant-general of Coahuila and Texas. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin. Argument to Mexican authorities against the Law of April 6, 1830. Probably written in the summer of 1833. Link to document
Anson Jones. Account of his coming to Texas [October 1833]. In his "Private Memoirs" [1849], in his Memoranda and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas . . . ., 1859. Reasons included getting away from New Orleans, where he had been indulging his penchants for gambling and drinking. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin. Diary. December 10, 1833-April 27, 1834. Includes part of the period when Austin was in prison in Mexico. Link to document
Ayuntamiento of Gonzales. Proceedings, 1834. Link to document
Mexican minister of foreign relations (unnamed) to Juan Almonte, January 1834. Instructions concerning Almonte's upcoming inspection of the settlement colonies in Texas. [Scroll down a short distance to the numbered instructions.] Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to George Fisher, January 15, 1834. From Matamoras. Has been arrested on order of the minister of war. "All I can be accused of is that I have labored diligently and forcefully" for the people of Texas and for separate statehood. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to the Ayunamiento of San Felipe, January 17, 1834. Tells of his arrest at Monterrey. Link to document
William Barret Travis. Diary page, March 1834. Contains this statement: "Started to Mill Creek waters all swimming & prairie so boggy--I could not go--The first time I ever turned back in my life." [Click on the image to enlarge.] Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to an unnamed person in New Orleans, May 10, 1834. [Extract.] Written from Mexico City. Tells of close confinement until the previous day. Denies trying to separate Texas from Mexico so that it can be incorporated into the United States. [Scroll down to the extract.] Link to document
George Fisher to R. M. Williamson, August 5, 1834. From Matamoras. "The situation in the Interior is in a dreadful state, and the whole country inveloped [sic] in a chaos." Recommends to Texans "Union and mutual forbearance, sacrificing smaller interests for the great grand one." Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to James F. Perry, August 25, 1834. [Extract.] Austin writes to his brother-in-law from his prison cell in Mexico City that his case has been handed from court to court over the past eight months. He still does not know what court will investigate his supposed crime. [Scroll down to the extract, which is in Footnote 1.] Link to document
Stephen F. Austin to George Fisher, October 13, 1834. Austin, languishing in prison in Mexico City, writes of being depressed by his misplaced trust in humankind. Hopes to obtain his freedom within a few months. Thanks Fisher for support and loyalty. Austin remains loyal to Mexico. Link to document
Peter W. Grayson to Mirabeau B. Lamar, February 14, 1837. [But deals with events in the latter half of 1834 and most especially on and after October 15, thus its placement here.] Grayson and Spencer H. Jack visited Stephen F. Austin in his prison cell in Mexico City and spent several weeks seeking his release from incarceration. Here he gives some details about Austin's legal situation and the conditions of his imprisonment. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
George Fisher, Editorial in the Mercurio de Matamoras, December 11, 1834. Defends the people of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coahuila and Texas from charges by a Mexican government newspaper of smuggling along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Link to document
Census reports of Texas, 1835. Thirteen reports of areas of Anglo-American settlement in what is now East Texas, especially those in the vicinity of Nacogdoches. Link to documents.
Gideon Lincecum. Journal of the travels of Gideon Lincecum from Monroe County, Mississippi. 1835. Author wrote this journal while traveling with a party in Texas in search of lands for future settlement. First entry is January 9. The last date is March 8, although it seems that the document contains material having to do with observations made beyond that date. Route took the party through San Augustine, Liberty, and Mina [Bastrop]. Subjects covered include soils, crops, prospects for a livestock industry, weather, plants and animals, Indian troubles, land disputes, political instability, etc. Link to document
[Unnamed writer] to "Dear Redmond," 1835. Writer has just arrived in San Patricio from the United States. Finds the country "equal to what was said in the hand bills and better again." Asks Redmond to bring various items when he comes. Link to document
Stephen F. Austin, Explanation to the Public Concerning the Affairs of Texas, January 18, 1835. English translation of a 32-page pamphlet published in Mexico in Spanish. Defends against rumors that the people of Texas want independence from Mexico, that they disobeyed the Mexican government, that they do not wish to be law-abiding citizens, etc. Many details about these and other issues, etc. Some statements about the issue of separate statehood for Texas. Link to document
Thomas J. Rusk. Oath of Mexican citizenship, February 11, 1835. Sam Houston was a witness. [In Spanish, with English translation.] Link to document
George Fisher to Martin Perfecto de Cos, April 13, 1835. Cannot understand why Cos believes that Fisher's newspaper editorials at Matamoras, Tamaulipas, are disturbing to the public peace. Speaks out, somewhat obliquely, against Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's dictatorship. Link to document
Benjamin Lundy to A. Steward and others, May, 1835. Lundy comments on land speculation in Texas on the eve of the Revolution. [Scroll down to p. 356.] Link to document
Coahuila and Texas. Congress. Resolution authorizing the state government to locate lands in Texas for "the peaceable and civilized Indians" introduced into Texas," May 12, 1835. [Scroll down todocument.] Link to document
John A. Williams to the political chief of Nacogdoches, July 3, 1835. Writer is not sympathetic to actions of William B. Travis and others associated with him. Link to document
Municipality of Mina. Statement adopted at a meeting of citizens, July 4, 1835. Expresses confidence in Mina's committee of safety and in the constitution and laws of Mexico. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Henry P. Hill and Thomas J. Gazley to "Gentlemen," July 9, 1835. The authors, members of a "Committee of Address" of the Municipality of Mina," inform other municipalities in the Department of Brazos that, at a meeting in Mina on July 4, it was determined that it was likely that Mexican troops would soon be on the move toward the colonies in Texas and were therefore calling for a meeting of delegates from the municipalities at a central location soon to consult about what, if anything, the colonists should do. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
Peter Ellis Bean to Domingo de Ugartechea, July 28, 1835. Indian agent in East Texas for Mexico assures the military commandant of Coahuila and Texas that the majority of the people in the Nacogdoches area "have refused to join in the revolution." They have agreed to remain quiet in spite of inducements by persons at both San Antonio and San Felipe. Link to document
James Bowie to Henry Rueth, August 6 [?], 1835. Bowie's report to the political chief of Nacogdoches of a reconnaissance through eastern Texas to determine the disposition of Indian tribes in the region. [The transcription gives the date as the "3th," but the 6th seems more likely.] Link to document
Lorenzo de Zavala. Broadside: "Opinion," August 7, 1835. Addressed to a gathering at Lynchburg to which he was too ill to attend. Offers his views on the quarrel of Texans with the regime of Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. [In Spanish, with English translation.] Link to document
Domingo de Ugartechea to "Chief of Brasos," August 8, 1835. The military commandant of Coahuila and Texas orders the arrest of William B. Travis, Lorenzo de Zavala, and others, August 8, 1835. [To access this document, click on "Link to access page," then on "August 8, 1835."] Link to access page
Peter Ellis Bean to Domingo de Ugartechea, August 18, 1835. Writes of efforts of a local minority to spread rebellion to the loyal majority of citizens and to the Indians of the area. Doubts they will be successful. Advises sending of troops to area. [Scroll down to the document.] Link to document
S. F. Austin to "Dear Cousin" [Mary Austin Holley], August 21, 1835. Austin, on his way to Texas from imprisonment in Mexico, states that Texas needs to become "Americanized," and must be a "slave country." Wants a large immigration from the southern U.S. in the next few months. Favors Texan annexation to the U.S. Link to document
J. W. Fannin, Jr., to Major [Francis S.] Belton, August 27, 1835. Author writes to a friend in Mobile, Alabama, that the time has come in Texas to prepare to fight for the colonists' constitutional rights and in opposition to military rule. Hopes that Belton and "as many West Point boys as can be spared" will come to the aid of their fellow Americans in Texas. Details. [Document is evidently incomplete.] Link to document
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