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TEX.\$ STATE LIBR.\.RY . way up here- N'othinO' from Col \Yharton &c- I have the honor to be &c.
J. W. Fannin Ji· Col. Comt. &c-&c. [:Endorsed]
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Public· Ser,·ice To/ His Excellency James W Robinson Gov & Genl Council San Felipe
Letter from Fannin February 16th 1 36
1 To. 336 [1836 Feb.] 20-"!llar. 12 L. AYERS. JIUR~AL5°
has been quartered in the church during my tay in this place the army has had no medi-cin but what was furnished by me I announced on my arrival that; J had a general sepply of medicins and that an army could be supplid without money on application to me I have also attended on several sick volunteers and prscribcd for them only one has died and he was in the last stO' of the. consumption when I visited him; news has been receivd of Col Grant nrpr1smg Rodir r gus 1 and taking them all prisoners they were taken to San Patricio when Rodirgus was set at liberty upon his parole of honm· the scoundrel broke his parrole and fled Johnson G1·ant & Co have gone with their men on a secrete expedition Capt Kiner called upon me at midnight to inform me of the eonten e of a letter just received from Col Fanin informing him of the l\Iexican army having taken possession of Baxer the Texian had posesion of the alamo and or- derng King to march immediately to Goliad which he did n[ext] rnoning I forgot to mention that James Power [left fl him about the 20th. for Washington to attend the convention and that I sent by him my resignation of the office of collector at the same time re- membering my promice to l\Iajor Sutherland: Sunday the 27th, a young man arrived from San Patricio brini:?ing the inteliRenc>e that ol .Johnson & Capt Person with about 25 men had returned from their expedition into Tamilipu and that on the morning of the 21, before day break they were attackd by surpri [e] by a large l\fexicn force whilst they wan• assfl]c>ep [ 1) and divided in 3 houses Person was kiled after sur[ren]dering! The volunteers fo[nght] a few minutes and killed evcral of the enemy 5 ocloc P. l\I. ~[r. Fole ancl one other man jn t arrived having made their escape the new hront this morning alarmed our citizem to nch a degr<'e that by nine ocloc several of the fami1ies had left and· by eleven a11 of them except two and mine leaving most of their effect behind them Ju. t ahout snnst I went to a honse to look at some 4/4 nmerican sheeting aucl s[ome] com which l\fartiu PowC'r E!-l()r requested me to take ..An account ot Ayers's subsequent experiences will be found in The Quarterl11 o/ the Texas State llistorlcaz Association, IX, 271.
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