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formation received the large t portion of the Enemie force will be directed against that place Wm \Yard
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Fort ;.\lilam Feby 21. Letter of Wm Ward- No. 338 1836 Feb. 24, W[ILLLUI] BARRET TRAVI , CO~L\l ):DA~CY OF THE ALA".\IO, BE.r \R, [TE~ A . "TO THE PEOPLE OF 'rE., ~ A~D LL AMERlC.A~S IN ·TUE WORLD"JG~ Appeal .for aid. Printed. 2 p. Including prefixed circular of Henry mith (no. 342); headed: · '' To the 'itizens of Texa .''
1 36 Feb. 25, .J. W. FA1'1 I~, JR. TO J. W. ROBI~ 0~ 63
Head Quarter Army of Tex.a Fort Defiance Golind Feby 25, 1836.
To the Actg. Oovr. & Council of the Prov!. Govt. of Texa
Herewith you have my account current with the pro- , isional Govt. of e.·penditure made under my authority as Agent- You also have a li t of Drafts drawn on the Prov: Govt. & a list of Receipts sundry per ons which will explain themselves The 11m of two hundred & ten Dollar paid IL Foley will be charged to the Georgia Battalion of Volunteer , (being for articles furnished them for private purpo es, to wit seventy gallons of Brandy) and will he deducted from their pay- Yon will perceive that the amount of one Hundred Dollars i to he deducted from the pay of several officer by reference to th Memorandum of Drafts- The amt of Ca h advanced to Cnpts. Cook, & Burke & private G. F. Leonnrd i. in the . ame itnation and will be deducted from t_heir pay by the proper officer-also the amt. $1!>.- each from Ball & Simpson a per rect . & a/c. J hnve to remark in reference to the Amt. of Two thou nnd (2,000) Dollar. rl'ceivcd from Gay by Col. F. W. John on, that before d<'- clining the appointment of aiz nt by Col. J. he received thi nmount ( ·2,000) in the pre ence of Col. Wm. P<'ttns & Thomn F. ·orcKinncy for which he has not a eonntcd to m(' or fnrni. heel n Youchcr or evidence of expcnditure- •1Prlnted In Brown, J. H., llistor11 of Texas, I, 566; Foote, H. ,S., Te:z;as and the Texans, II, 218. ..Previously printed In The Southwestern llistorical Quarterl11, XXIII, 200; but <reprinted here because or errors and omissions In the QuarterlJI.
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