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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
4 Res That We do disapprobate the conduct of the Revolutionary party of the district of Nucogcloches ns well as their objects. 5 Res vVe are :Mexicans by adoption and as such are willing to Turn out when called on to quell the Enemys of the Government- 6 R As Regards Exciteing the Indians to hostilitys this is a cir- cumstance which should be beneath the charractors of Americans. R 7. Exciteing Indians to Hostility is a circumstance ever Com- plained of by the ancient Farther of the US of America and looked upon as a Barberous Trait in the chnrrnctors of the Brittish Nation R 8. be It Unanimously Resolved that we are Ready at a :Moments ,v orning to shoulder Our Arms and March to the district of Nacog- doches to quell that Factious party that has made Its appearance in that quarter 9 We beg leave to offer to the :Mexican Govermt. our services in support of said Govermt. on this or any similar occasion If Required R f0 That J no P Coles Maj Byrd and Thomas York be a Com- mittee to wait on the chief of this department and to tender him our Respects and to Inform him of our Resolutions on the subject of the Nacogdochees-Busness and to [offer] him our services If Required the foregoing Resolutions we unanimously agreed on and ordered to be assigned by the Alcalde for the whole of the Inhabitants of the district 9th January 1827- J NO P COLES
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AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN C. MonmsoN State of Cuahuila and Texas Department of Texas
In the Town of San felipe de Austin in said Department the 11 day of J an 7 1827 John C Morrison a native of North Carolina in the U.S. of the North and for 12 months past a resident on the Iish Bayou in this Departt. ha-ving been summoned before the Empre- sario Stephen F Austin declares that having Busineb'S of his own to transact in Austins Colony in this departt· he proceeded to Nacog- doches in said District with an intention to proceed to said Colony and while in that place that is on the 28 th of December last he was applied to by one Benjamin Edwards who requested this Declarant to carry some Letters to individuals, in Austins Colony aforesaid and also some other papers which the said.Benjm Edwards requested of Declarant to give to the people in said Colony-Declarant did not then know the Contents of said Documents Letters and papers-nor does he yet fully lmow the Contents thereof-Says that he arrived in Sanfelipe de Austin on the 10 th instant and upon application to him by the Empresario Stephen F Austin he has delivered up to said S F Austin all the s4 Letters and Documents so given to him by s"
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