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[Letter from Mexia to Zavala, March 22, 1833]

Description: Mexia to Zavala: On the elections for president and vice president and the need for Zavala to come to Mexico City to help organize the party. On Santa Anna's unwillingness to come being the best thing, since Gomez Farias is better suited to the tasks at hand. Mexico, March 22, 1833.
Date: March 22, 1833
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
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[Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, April 22, 1837]

Description: Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, widow of Lorenzo de Zavala, dated April 22, 1837 from New Orleans. The letter refers to her sadness after her son Henry and many friends have left the city. Mrs. Zavala, with her three children and a servant, traveled from Texas to New Orleans on the schooner Flash, arriving March 20, 1837. She and Mrs. Mexia had been friends in Mexico in 1832. Mrs. Zavala and her children left New Orleans for New York on April 9, 1837, thirteen days before Mr… more
Date: April 22, 1834
Creator: Mexia, Charlotte
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[Transcript of Letter from Stephen R. Wiggins to Stephen F. Austin, February 22, 1831]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen R. Wiggins to Stephen F. Austin, in which Wiggins provides a reference for James Taylor. Wiggins also informs Austin that he receives frequent inquiries about settlement in Austin's colony and requests further information about Texas (Ex. the economy, growth, population and land features).
Date: February 22, 1831
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