The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume I

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TEXAS STATE LtBR.\R.Y

No. 240 1835 Oct. 8 AUS'l'L.~. f'rE. ASl. JURISDIC'l'IO~. CO)DIITTEE "OF AFETY (GAIL BORDEN, JR., Ar OTHERS), SAN FELI~E DE AUSTIN, [TEXAS)7 1 Circular, announcing the advance of Ugartechea and urging imme- diate action. Printed. Io no. 543, p. 1. 0. 241 1835 Oct. 9, MATAGORDA 1-\ND BAY PRAIRIE COMPANY. PLEDG~ OF PROTECTION 12 "The volunteers under th~ command of Capt. Geo. l\L Collin - worth, being about to take up the line of l\I'arch for Goliad, and to give the population of that town protection against military domina- tion, deem it duty which they o,ve to themselves, to their fellow soldiers embodied else where in the ame patriot cause, but more es- pecially to the citizens of Guadeloupe Victoria, to declare in a clear and unequivocal manner, their united and unalterable re olution to give ample and complete protection to the citizens of this town, and to those also of every other which tliey may enter-requiring only, that, the citizen of said towns stand firm. to the Republican in ti- tutions of the Govt. of fexico and of Coahuila & Texa under the C'Onstitution of 1824; and for the redemption of this resolution, we pledge our lives, our property, and our acred honour. Town of Guaideloupe Victoria, Oct. Dth. 1835 Signed Geo. M. Collinsworth, Capt.J. P. Bordon D. George . James W. Ioore 1st Lt. Jno. Bowman T. C. Hamilton D. C. Collin worth 2d.-do W. Carleton :M. Hicks ·• Ira Ingram-cam.y[ Y] W. Cumming Jno. Hall R. Stevenson-0. T. Joo. Duncan Jno. Flick Tho. Anderson Jas. Duncan Jno. Ham H. F. Armstrong Spirce Dooly A. II. Jone J. W. Baylor T. R. Erwin F. Jones J. B. Barton H. T. Davis W. J. Lightfoot T. l\I. Blake R. 0. Graves D. 1Tartindale R. 1ercer ,Tas. Rawles Saml. Wildy L. McCullough Thos. J. Reed P. Dimitt W. rew A. Scott J. A. Padillo J. L. Oshorn Thos. Thomson 1\f. Carbahall G. W. Paine Benj. White A. Constanta R. S. (L.1] Reding B. J. White B. Rawles . B. Williams igncd afterward at Goliad Henry Williams· Rob. P. Ilcnrn L. W. Gates Francis Keller Edwd. St. John Ch.. Shcarny Tra Westover 1'. Cannon .Alft·etl Alli on n. J. Tobie fc. Lambert ,Jeremiah Dny . Smiley A. D icnx[ f] Hugh J\lcD n- V. Loupcy II. Riley aid Fra er "To be printed In the Austin Papers. "Copy.

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