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[Transcript of Letter from Agustín Viesca to Stephen F. Austin, November 11, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Agustín Viesca to Stephen F. Austin, on November 11, 1835, telling of how he was imprisoned unjustly by the Mexican government and had to come to Texas to escape.
[Transcript of Letter from Domingo de Ugartechea, August 29, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Domingo de Ugartechea, on August 29, 1835, discussing people who are smuggling weapons and gunpowder to the Texans, and asks that the recipient make sure they are brought to justice.
[Transcript of Letter from George Fisher to Col. S. F. Austin, October 20, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a letter from George Fisher to Col. S. F. Austin, in which Fisher updates Austin on the movement of Mexican troops, his opinion of Mexican generals involved in the war, the position of various politicians throughout Mexico on separation from Mexico, his interpretation of events that have transpired, and predictions about the strategic decisions to be made by both the Mexican and rebel leadership.
[Transcript of Letter from J. Mo. Guerra to Martín Perfecto de Cos, October 21, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a letter from J. Mo. Guerra to Martín Perfecto de Cos, on October 21, 1835, informing him of a ship which brought equipment for the soldiers, and asking when they should be distributed.
[Transcript of Letter from José María de Aguirre, September 12, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a letter from José María de Aguirre to a political chief, on September 12, 1835, discussing men who want to acquire land from the government, but were unable to due to a new law.
[Transcript of Letter from Martín Perfecto de Cos to the Ayuntamiento of Columbia, July 12, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a letter from General Martín Perfecto de Cos to the Ayuntamiento of Columbia, in which General Cos calls for the arrest of William Barret Travis for his organizational role in the 1835 Anahuac Disturbance.
[Transcript of Letter from Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations to Ayuntamiento of Gonzales, August 12, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations to Ayuntamiento of Gonzales, regarding the formal response of the Mexican President Pro tempore to the resolution passed by the inhabitants of Gonzales in July of 1834 which contained suggestions for Constitutional reforms. The President Pro tempore of Mexico promises that the August Assembly will take the proposals of Texans into consideration, and that the people responsible for inciting rebellion will be punished.
[Transcript of Letter from The Provisional Government of Texas to the Mexican People, December 11, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a letter from The Provisional Government of Texas to the Mexican People, in which the Provisional Government argues that the tenants of Mexican liberalism and the cause of Texas independence are aligned.
[Transcript of Official Order from General Cos to the Commander of Coahuila y Texas, August 15, 1835]
The first page of this document is copy of a transcript of a letter to the citizens of Texans, questioning the arrest of Zavalla and calling it a "pretense by which to introduce [Mexican] troops" to Texas. The second page of this document is copy of a transcript for an official order from General Cos to the Commander Ugartachea, in which Cos orders Ugartachea to use whatever Calvary deployment necessary to arrest of Don Lorenzo de Zavala. Cos also orders Ugartachea to force all the inhabitants to Goliad, where customs officers will examine their accounts.
[Transcript of Petition from Sub-contractors of Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company to Santa Anna, July 25, 1835]
Copy of transcript for a petition from sub-contractors of Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company to Santa Anna, in which Joseph, Prentiss, Davis, and Thompson describe their efforts to meet every requirement and follow every rule of the Mexican government regarding their colonization grants. The petitioners also describe their investment in infrastructure as preparation for the arrival of colonists.
[Transcript of Resolutions of Nacogdoches, 1835]
Copy of transcript for Resolutions of Nacogdoches, in which citizens of the jurisdictions of Gonzales, Mina, Austin, Matagorda, and Columbia have recommended that a convention of Texas be called to discuss the changing political climate in Mexico and Mexico's relationship to the citizens of Texas.
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