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THE -~USTIN • PAPERS
AUSTIN TO GOVERNOR VIESCA
He recibido el oficio de V. E. fecha en Goliad 11 del corriente, y doy a V. E. las mas expresivas enhorabuenas por haber ·salido felizmte de la-pre- sion en qe. le tenia encerrado los enemigos de la libertad- El pueblo de Texas ha pronunciado en favor del sistema federal y de sus derechos constitucionales--La convencion debe arreglar este pronun: ciaml 0 bajo un pie formal y solido, hasta ahora no tengo noticias de lo qe. ha hecho-Este pais necesita un Gob. local sin perdida de tpo pues esta en peligro de caer en anarquia-El pueblo ha delegado plenos poderes a sus representantes, y ellos deben asegurar la felicidad de sus comilentes, y los .intereses de la federacion a qe. pertenece, y no dudo de qe. si lo haran-Yo / de mi parle contribuyre en cuanto pueda a este importante fin, mas el pr:mer paso es un Gob. local sea provisional, sea como quiera, porque sin esto todo ira mal y en desorden- Ofresco a V. E. mis servicios y mi persona en qto pueda ser util- Dios y Libertad campo cerca de Bexar 18 de Nov. 1835 Exmo Sor Gobor. del Estado de Coahuila y Texas, D. Agustin Viesca
M. A. BRYAN TO JAMES F. PERRY
Camp Near th~ Mill (600 yds. from Bexar) November 18th 1835 DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER I this moment recd· yours of the 8 UlL and am rejoiced to hear that you are all in good health and getting along so well in the way of picking out Cotton etc. Joel [Bryan] has gone out in pursuit of Ugartechea who left the fort 5 or 6 days ago to meet a reinforcement which are coming on from Laredo. The force under Ugartechea is stated to amount to between 1 and 2 hun- dred men. the company in persuit of him under the command of Col Bur- leson consists of 180 men: they will be back to day or tomorrow ··If they come a cross him they ·will be apt to take him if they doe, I think it will end the campaign There are about 6 hundred men in camp, a sufficient force to take Bexar if we had the necessary tools. It will be attacked in a day or two at all hazards as the corn is getting scarse and it seams that there is no hopes of the cannon coming soon. Grant and Viesca were on their way to Vera Cruz u~der an escort of 20 soldiers and instead of the Soldiers taking them to the place they were ordered they brought them to Texas, Grant is now here and Viesca has gone to San felipe
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