1The material for this paper has been gathered from many sources.
Among the most important are the following: Journal
of
the
Perma
-
nent
Council,
October 11-27, 1835 (The Quarterly, VII, 249-278). The
Permanent Council was a sort of central committee composed of repre-
sentatives from several municipalities and was called by Stephen F. Aus-
tin to meet at San Felipe to look after the general administration at
the beginning of the Texas Revolution. Journal
of
the
Consultation
(Houston, 1838). The Consultation assembled November 3, 1835. It was
composed of delegates elected by the several municipalities of Texas. It
provided for a provisional government consisting of a governor and a
legislative council, and adjourned November 14. Proceedings
of
the
Gen
-
eral
Council
(Houston, 1839). This was the legislative body created by
the Consultation and its sessions extended from the middle of Novem-
ber, 1835, till the middle of January, 1836. Ordinances
and
Decrees
of
the
Consultation
and
of
the
General
Council
(Houston, 1839). Gammel,
Laws
of
Texas,
I and II (Austin, 1898). Post-Office
Directory,
1836-1842;
Volumes 68-69, and Post-Office
Letter
Book,
1840-1842, Volume 71, MS.,
records in State Department of Texas. House
Journals,
Seventh to Ninth
Texas Congresses, and United
States
Senate
Document
No. 1, 29th Con-
gress, 2d Session. A more complete bibliography will be found at the end
of the article.
