Journals of the Consultation, 12, 21-22. The four drafts of the declaration referred to may be found in the archives of Texas: A, file 2, No. 282; A, file 3, No. 441½; and in Volume 3 of Records, in Vault No. 1, pp. 16-17, and 24. The last two are copies. An interesting account of the discussion of the declaration in the consultation is given in a letter from Gail Borden, Jr., to Austin, November 5, 1835, in the Austin Papers.
