Journals of the Consultation, 41-42. For the hopes that Austin and Fannin entertained of the ability of Gonzales to cause the disaffection of the garrison at Bexar, see Austin to Dimit and Austin to the provisional government, November 18, 1835 (in Austin's Order Book, pp. 65, 69, Austin Papers, K 64) and Fannin to Houston, same date, archives of Texas, D, file 6, No. 557. Also Johnson to Williamson, November 18, 1835, archives of Texas, D, file 10, No. 926.