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people have laboured many Years, and have accumulated Considera- ble Lands and every thing they have in this Country should all be swept away by an Act passed by a few who have assumed lofty sta- tions to make themselves popular, or have their names handed down to posterity. Yes they will be recorded in IIistory but only with In- famy and disgrace, It appears you have sent a Ir. Commissioner to receive the Archives of the Land Offices. in this Iunicipality, a Yankee Pedler, a would be Doctor, do you sup- pose the people would trust their Archives in such hands. ro let them only lay their hand on the Archives Blood will be the result You must now p [roceed] to annul all the acts passed by Your Con- vention or otherwise the people will annul them for you and we shall also have to discard the Convention and now then wi [11 clos] e Answer this a oon as it comes to hand. I am w[ith] much respect .Thomas Timmins [Addressed] Col. J as. W. Robinson San Felipe- Texas N'o. 267 1835 Dec. 9, Ir. SMITH. CIRCULAR CALLING FOR REI.i: · FORCE:\IE1 1 TS FOR MILAl\J AT BE r AR 06
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FELLOW-CITIZE, ' An expres arrived late last night from our head quarters at Bejar, with information that colonel :Milam, with a detachment of three hun- drecl volunteer collected from our camp, made an a sault upon the town of Bejar about daylight on the 6th inst. They succeeded in po essing them elves of the town, by taking forcible po se si011 of the stone buildings out ide the enemy' fortress. A hot and severe con- test ensuecl, and had been continued until the leaving of the e..xprcss. Our volunteers had succeeded in ilencing the big gun of the enemy, and done them much injury in killed and wounded; but to what ex- tent, coulcl not be ascertained: our lo s wa two killed, and some few wounded. They require of us, ammunition and men. Of the article of am- munition they seem to be extremely limited; all that can be had here, will be forthwith forwarded. They are in doily expectntiou of the enemy receiving a reinforcement of six hundred men, under the escort of colonel Urgartechea. As their . ituation i critical, fllHl their succc doubtful, all we have to hope from, is, that they are 1 orth American freemen, and will act worthy of themselves. 00 Broadslde.
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