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be something done for Uncle to day as there is a colecton [ ~] of people in town to day Clayton is to be tried for his life J\tI. AUSTIN BRYAN In n lett~r to Sam vVilliams of similar import to this he used these words " I was incommwnioado 1 rego 1 rorisimo from the 13th Feby to 9 May-no book or writing materials & very little light-dreary enough but the idea that Texas &c" Dated ex inquisicion-June l3rd '34
AYUNTA1\IIENTO OF LmERTY
May 31, 1834.
See Calendar.
A.usTIN TO SAMUEL 1\f. WILLIA:i\IS
:Mexico Exinquisition June 3. 1834 s. :M. WILLIAMS On the 31st I drew on the house of Beers St. John & Co. for seven hundred forty seven dollars & • I haYe received three letters from you 13 J\farch 13 and 15 April- also information that I could draw on the above house, from Don • R. ~f. [Ramon _:Musquiz] through his brother-in-law-all that family have been firm and true friends to me in all my troubles and I hope my friends will never forget them I have heard of the laws passed by the state in favor of Texas I have not seen them except the land law which I approve of very much and of all the others so far as I have beard of them I think it is the duty of the people of Texas to return. thanks in a public manner to the state Govt. through the Ayuntamientos and chief of departments for these laws and also to make a most solemn and positive declaration of their firm adhesion, union and attach- ment to the state of Coahuila and Texas and to the Mexican con- federation. This declaration or document ought to be drawn up in an able manner, concise; but clear and full and it ought to be pub- lished in the U. S. in order to correct public opinion there as to the intentions and objects of the people of Texas. The position taken by them last year was " that the evils which threatened that country with anarchy and 1~in must be remedied by the Govt. or the people would remedy them of tliemselves a11d ouglit to do so, as in the last reso1•t they would have the right to do so on the principle of self preservation." 1 I sustained this position firmly as the agent of Texas before the ministers and the vice president and my letter of 2 October [was based] upon it, and upon the public good and general interest of the
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