QUARTERLY
Vol. XXXIX APRIL, 1936 No. 4
Editors
Eugene C. Barker
Herbert E. Bolton
Associate Editors
E. W. Winkler
Chas W. Ramsdell
Charles W. Hackett
Managing Editor
Eugene C. Barker
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY
THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Austin, Texas
Entered at the post-office, Austin, Texas, as second-class mail matter
CONTENTS
Jackson's Neches Claim, 1829-1836 - - - Richard R. Stenberg - - 255
The Mercer Colony in Texas, 1844-1883,I - Nancy Ethie Eagleton - - 275
The Free Negro in the Republic of Texas, I - - Harold Schoen - - 292
The Confederate Exodus to Latin America, III - Lawrence F. Hill - - 309
Letters of Antonio Martinez, The Last Spanish Governor of
Texas, 1817-1822, IV - - - - Mattie Austin Hatcher - - 327
Book Reviews and Notices : Webb, The Texas Rangers: A Century
of Frontier Defense; Weinberg, Manifest Destiny: A Study of
Nationalist Expansion in American History; Malone (Ed.),
Dictionary of American Biography, Vols. XVII, XVIII; Barker,
The Father of Texas - - - - 333
Texas State Historical Association and Mississippi Valley His-
torical Association: Program of Joint Meeting - - - - - - 338
Index of Volume XXXIX - - - -
EX-PRESIDENT:
Dr. Alex Dienst
PRESIDENT:
W. E. Wrather
VICE-PRESIDENTS:
J. L. Clark
Rev. Paul J. Foik
Harbert Davenport
Herbert Gambrell
RECORDING SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN:
Eugene C. Barker
TREASURER:
Charles W. Ramsdell
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:
Mrs. Coral Horton Tullis
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL:
President W. E. Wrather,
Vice-President J. L. Clark,
Vice-President Paul J. Foik,
Vice-President Herbert Gambrell,
Vice-President Harbert Davenport,
Recording Secretary and Librarian Eugene C. Barker,
Treasurer Charles W. Ramsdell,
Ex-President Dr. Alex Dienst,
State Librarian Fannie Wilcox,
E. W. WINKLER FOR TERM ENDING 1935.
Mrs. Ethel Rather Villavaso for term ending 1936.
Fellows
Anna Powell for term ending 1937.
Adina de Zavala for term ending 1935.
L. W. Kemp for term ending 1936.
J. Evetts Haley for term ending 1937.
Members
Frank Kell for term ending 1938.
Samuel E. Asbury for term ending 1939.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE:
W. E. Wrather
Eugene C. Barker
E. W. Winkler,
Herbert E. Bolton,
Charles W. Ramsdell.
The Association was organized March 2, 1897. The annual dues are three
dollars. The Quarterly is sent free to all members.
Contributions to The Quarterly and correspondence relative to historical
material should be addressed to Eugene C. Barker, Austin, Texas, or to
Herbert E. Bolton, Berkeley, California.
Other correspondence may be addressed to The Texas State Historical
Association, Austin, Texas.
OF THE
ASSOCIATION
The constitution of the Association provides that "Members who
show, by published work, special aptitude for historical investigation
may become Fellows. Thirteen Fellows shall be elected by the Asso-
ciation when first organized, and the body thus created may thereafter
elect additional Fellows on the nomination of the Executive Council.
The number of Fellows shall never exceed fifty."
The present list of Fellows is as follows:
Barker, Prof. Eugene C.
Biesele, Prof. R. L.
Bolton, Prof. Herbert Eugene
Buckley, Miss Eleanor C.
Casis, Prof. Lilia M.
Castañeda, Dr. Carlos E.
Christian Prof. A. K.
Clark, Prof. J. L.
Clark, Prof. Robert Carlton
Cox Prof I. J.
Curlee, Miss Abigail
Davenport, Mr. Harbert
Dienst, Dr. Alex
Estill, Prof. H. F.
Foik, Dr. Paul J., C. B. S.
Gambrell, Prof. Herbert P.
Hackett, Prof. Chas. W.
Haley, Mr. J. Evetts
Hatcher, Mrs. Mattie Austin
Holden, Prof. W. C.
Marshall, Prof. Thomas Maitland
McCaleb, Dr. W. F.
Miller, Prof. E. T.
Neu, Dr. C. T.
Powell, Dr. Anna
Ramsdell, Prof. Chas. W.
Richardson, Prof. Rupert N.
Shelby, Miss Charmion
Smith, Prof. W. Roy
Smither, Miss Harriet
Tucker, Mr. Phillip C. 3rd
Villavaso, Mrs. Ethel Rather
Webb, Prof. W. P.
West, Miss Elizabeth H.
Williams, Dr. Amelia
Williams, Judge O. W.
Winkler, Mr. Ernest Wm.
Wrather, Mr. W. E.
Zavala, Miss Adina de
The constitution provides also that "Such benefactors of the Asso-
tion as shall pay into its treasury at any one time the sum of fifty
dollars, or shall present to the Association an equivalent in books,
MSS., or other acceptable matter, shall be classed as Life Members."
The Life Members at present are:
Allen, Mr. Wilbur P.
Armstrong, Mr. B. W.
Arnold, M. L.
Barker, Eugene C.
Beazley, Miss Julia
Benedict, Prop. H. Y.
Blount, Mrs. Guy
Bowen, Mr. R. D.
Bryan, Mr. Guy M., Jr.
Cartwright, Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton, Mr. W. L.
Cochrane, Mr. Sam P.
Courchesne, Mr. A.
Crane, Mr. R. C.
Davidson, Mr. W. S.
Dealey, Mr. George B.
Dilworth, Mr. Thos. G.
Donaldson, Mrs. Nana Smithwick
Farrish, Mr. W. S.
Fortman, Henry F.
Fulmore, Sterling R.
Gilbert, Mr. Harvey Wilbarger
Gilbert, Mr. John N.
Gleason, Rev. Joseph M.
Gunnell, Mr. W. N.
Hanrick, Mr. R. A.
Hefley, Mr. W. T.
Hill, George A., Jr.
Houghton, Miss Kate
House, Mr. E. M.
Hyde, Mr. James H.
Jones, Mr. Roland
Kell, Mr. Frank
Kenyon College
Kirby, Mr. Jno. H.
McFadden, Mr. W. P. H.
Milby, Mrs. C. H.
Minor, Mr. F. D.
Moody, Col. W. L.
Moore, Mrs. Jno. M.
Morehead, Mr. C. R.
Neale, Mr. Wm. J.
Pearce, Prop. J. E.
Peden, Mr. E. A.
Perry, Mrs. Hally Bryan
Radford, Mr. J. M.
Rice, Mr. J. S.
Rice, Hon. W. M.
Rugeley, Hr. Henry
Schmidt, Mr. John
Sevier, Mrs. Clara D.
Sinclair, Mr. J. L.
Stark, Mr. H. J. L.
Terry, Mr. Wharton
Thompson, Mr. Brooks
Todd, Mr. Charles S.
Walker, Mr. J. A.
Webb, Mr. Mack
Willacy, Hon. John G.
Williams, Judge O. W.
THE
SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL
QUARTERLY
Vol. XXXIX APRIL, 1936 No. 4
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