The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 13, July 1909 - April, 1910 Page: 102
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102 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
sail as promptly as possible to Campeche and attack the Mexican
squadron which was then blockading that port; and that after cap-
turing this squadron he was to continue his cooperation with the
Yucatecan government until the Mexican army should also be
forced to surrender, for which service he was to receive eight thou-
sand dollars per month. On February 24, Moore wrote to Acting
Governor Barbachano of Yucatin1 that he hoped to sail within a
week.
The next day, however, arrived Colonel James Morgan and Wil-
liam Bryan, who had been appointed by President Houston com-
missioners to carry into effect a secret act for the sale of the Texan
navy passed by the Texan Congress January 16.2
By the same steamer that brought them, Moore received a letter
from Secretary of War and Marine Hill, which he opened in the
presence of Colonel Morgan. It contained the sixth and last order
cited in President Houston's proclamation of March 23 as having
been disobeyed. On January 27 a letter was presented to Commo-
dore Moore from the commissioners, enclosing another letter from
the department of the same date as that previously received. The
letter from the commissioners read:
New Orleans, Monday 27th February, 1843.
Sir:-You will receive herewith a letter from the Hon. Secretary
of War and Marine of the Republic of Texas in regard to the ves-
sels of the Republic under your command in this port: and we
should be glad to receive your report with as little delay as practi-
cable.
We have the honor to be,
With every respect,
Your obedient servants,
J. Morgan,
Signed
Wm. Bryan.
To Commodore E. W. Moore,
Commanding Texas Navy.
'Moore, To the People of Texas, 129.
'There was a third commissioner, ,Samuel M. Williams, appointed, but
he did not serve. The secret act has not been found; its provisions can
only be inferred from the act of February 5, 1844, repealing it (Gammel,
Laws of Texas, II, 1027), which refers to it as authorizing the sale of
the navy.
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