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[1835], REPORT OF THE CO 1 IITTEE 01 FI JA CE
The Committee to whom were referred the matter in regard to the Finances of Texas Report that our present immergencies will soon require more funds than they have at iheir command to sustain our countrymen in the field Therefore be it Resolved that be appointed as publick agents to contt·act and receive Loans and receive from the authorities in the Jurisdiction acogdocbes and San Augustine all Monies in their bands of right belonging to this government or all Monies collected in the name of the State of Coahela and Texas. and give their receipts for the same or to give Bonds and obligations for all somes Borrowed on thi account hereby pledging the publick faith for all Ionies Borrowed or Recived for the 11se of the common cause of the people of Texas A. Houston [rubric) L. de Zavala . [rubric] Peter J l\Ienard [rubric] Alexr. Thomson- Wm. Pettus [rubric] .,- Excepting from these resolutions all term which may be presented for payment of Fraudulnt Titles of Land [Endorsed] Report of the Committee on Finance No. 283 1835, [1\1. B. LAMAR, SABINE RI ER]. IrJFORi\IATIO r FROM CAPT. GAINES Information Obtained in 1835 From Capt. Gaines Don Philip Noland an Irishman- a Spanish Trader from Natches-a succefJSful Trader, makig may succe~sful Trips to the Riogrande etc-he was by the spaniards dubbed Don. He raised about 50 youg men with the avowed object of Catch- ing Wild Horses high up on the Brazos; the went on & made 'a} _horse pen, & by the bye had a chemist the meanwhile makio- dis- coveris for gold & silver, whilst the youg men were employed"'after the mustangs- fordica Richards, a spy for the Spanish authority watched the movemts of oland, & notwithstanding that h~ Richards had a son (Stephen) engaged in the enterpri e, went to the
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