[Letter from Martin Perfecto de Cos to Political Chief of Nacogdoches] August 8th, 1835

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Transcribes a communication from the War department stating the refusal of Lorenzo Zavala to present himself in Mexico to render account of his diplomatic commission to the court of France, and that as it is known that said Zavala had landed at Brazoria coming from New Orleans, to endeavour by all possible means to have him arrested he being a very dangerous person under the present circumstances, and to send him to the disposal of the Supreme Government

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de Cos, Martin Perfecto August 8, 1835.

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Transcribes a communication from the War department stating the refusal of Lorenzo Zavala to present himself in Mexico to render account of his diplomatic commission to the court of France, and that as it is known that said Zavala had landed at Brazoria coming from New Orleans,
to endeavour by all possible means to have him arrested he being a very dangerous person under the present circumstances, and to send him to the disposal of the Supreme Government

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de Cos, Martin Perfecto. [Letter from Martin Perfecto de Cos to Political Chief of Nacogdoches] August 8th, 1835, letter, August 8, 1835; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3394/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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