The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume I

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PAPERS OF l\'[m,IBEAU BuoN.u>.\RTE L .\l\L\R

woman demanded her to surrender to his wishes likewise to give him omething to eat- Yourse &c Asa Mitchell P S inclosed I send you Capt Browns letter on the subject [Addressed] [Endorsed] Wm. H. Wharton Esqr l\I A Mitchell Official Letter Brazoria to Wm. Wharton Esqr Care of Mr. J. Calvit June 20 1832 No. 122 1832 June 20, J. S. BROWN TO W. H. WHARTON, [BRAZORIA] Mouth the Brassos June the 20 Friend Wharton Some dispatches has arrived this morning from-Whuch I learn that Bradburn has taken 14 Americans and made them prisoners-- their- fate went harde-as it apeared Yesterday by Capt. Austin that hostilatys have stoped and the people all returning home anrl Satisfied merely to pe-tition to General Teran for peace &c-I think as the Blow has been Struck and .at.the Root of all Evil that Exist in this Colony betwixt the 1\Iilitary and Civil that they have stoped at a peorriod Which will leave room for worse opressions-of this you have a better Idea-there leaves this day 25 soldiers for-Wbuch [ ¥]-to the assistance of that hated scoundre1---Should you think proper to send word to town I give you this Information With Respect I remain Yours JS['] Brown l\fr. Mitchel -can give you the uessesry information l\fy vessel is at sea waiting for the Facts · r Addressed] Wm. Wharton Esqr At home f·Endorsed] M A Mitchell Official LPtter to Wm. H. Wharton Esq June 20 1832 No. 123 1832 June 21, J. AUSTIN TO J. ROWLAND, [BRAZORIA]9 1 (Copy)

Brazoria 21st. June 1832.

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To John G. Rowland

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) Captain of Schooner Brazoria) . )

Sir you are hereby commanded to hold yourself and Vessel in readiness to Start to Anahuac at 8 Oclock A. l\L on Friday the 22nd. inst. We regret being compeJled to take this seemingly arbitrary Course, but necessity compels it, au·a we pledge onr elves to in- "'Since Rowland was absent on a trip to San Felipe, he did not receive this Jetter·until" after the engagement. Cf. the account of Wm. J. Russell In the Ttia:as Almanac for 1872, 166.

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