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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
J OIIN p. COLES TO ANTHONY TIU1.'LER 1
15th July 1833.
Dear ;:Sir
Co 1 Austin goes to :Mexico with an application from the people of Texas, for a state sepperate from Couhala, the application is made by a Convention of the people of Texas, and in reference to a decree of the Constituent Congress o-f the ·ifexican Feder.ution under date of the 7th l\Iay 1824: • If this application should fail an Effort will then be made as the Constitution provides, as we believe that we have a constitutional number of Inhabitants to Entitle us to that privaleage. Co 1 Austin's sincerity in this matter is much doubted by many people in Texas I hope however that Austin will not forget himself and his Friends He is Closely watched and his future prospects deiJend greatly upon his Conduct in this ·matter. • If he succeeds he will do well for himself and If for the want of proper Exertion on his part the application should fail Co 1 Austin will be a Ruined man in Texas. If you have it in your power to aid the object of Texas in ther application to the J\,fexican Congress you will Confer a favour on all by givin[g] your aid. Nothing but a State Government will save Texas and that would soon rnake it one of the most flourishing State[s] in the Republick. JNO p COLES tA.ddressed :l Al Senor Coronel D A.ntones Butler Ministro de los Estados Unidos de America en :Mexico
AUSTIN TO CENTRAL COMMITTEE 2
City of Mexico, July 24, 1833.
To the Central Committee: • :My letter from Vera-Cruz, dated 3d instant, informed you of the many untoward circumstances that retarded my journey to that place. When I wrote from :Matamoras, on the 30th :May, I expected to have reached Vera Cruz in Six days, and this place in six or seven more. I left Vera Cruz on the 5th in the stage, and "arrived nt Jalapa on the 6th, where I received· information of the siege of Puebla by Arista and Duran-and that the road was occupied on both sides of the city of Puebla by their troops, and all communica- tion with :Mexico cut off. On the 8th I was told that the stage was allowed to pass the lines, though the danger of robbers was great- and I intended to have proceeded in the stage on the 9th~. But on 1 This letter was recently acquired by the University ot Tcxus. Whether Butler ever received it Is uncertain. 2 From a handbill printed at Brazorin, Oct. 3, 1833. Texas State Library.
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