THE AUSTIN PAPERS
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EDMUND ANDREWS TO R. R. RoY ALL
Brazoria Oct 27 th 1835
DEAR SIR yours under date of the 23d Ins. is before me Mr McKinney is here and I have seen the list of articles which he has furnished for the army and I believe is nearly complete with the Exception of a few Blankets and shoes which Mr. Mills will furnish. We have now with us this day the Voluntier Company from New orleans and a fine company they are You may be as- sured. they will go from this to La Bahia (Goliad) which we are in- formed by an Express they are in great apprehension of being attacked in a few days.- EDMUND ANDREWS [Rubric] To R R Royal Esq Prest Peramant Council [Addressed:] RR Royal Esqr Prest Permanent Council San Felipe [Readdressed:] Genl Austin •
PHILIP DIMMITT TO AUSTIN
Port of Goliad, Oct. 27 th 1835 9 o. c. in the morning.
To GEN. S. F. AusT1N
Com. in Ch. of the Army of the People,
DEAR SIR, Yours of the 23d. 1 ex•· [express] by hand of Mr. Bracken, was duly recd. last evening The information it gives is both cheering and stimu- lating. But whilst our mutual congratulations are called for by a rhetro- spect of the past, whilst we indulge bright yisions of the future, permit me to express to yourself, the lively sympathy felt by every one here, for their fellows, suffering so many privations, whilst contending for their rights. We have done, are doing, and shall continue to do, every thing in our power, to supply your wants, and diminish your privations- It was confidently anticipated when Majr. Collinsworth left for your camp, that, the teams could have been put in motion yesterday-but we found it impossible. The teams and carts below, and especially those at the Mission, had been sent to,Guardeloupe with the women and children; and we have had to send there for them. However, we have succeeded in mustering 8 carts and waggons-all of which, will be dispatched today, with full freight, and the corresponding List transmitted by hand of Maj. Southerland, the Bearer of this letter.
1 1n Austin's Order Book, as cited, p. 27.
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