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I end also the account of Capt. Jack Shackelford of the Red Hover for ettlement.--=- Very Respectfully Your obet. Servt.- J. , . F.annin Jr [rubric] Col Comt Army Texa & Agt. Prov I. Govt P. S. I enclo e duplicates of Drft drawn-vouchers &c with the exception of a few expenditure made for the public ervice in ex- pres e &c- JWF [rubric] -I am we11 aware that my present movement toward Bexar is any thing but a military one-The appeal of Cols. Travi & Bcwie can- not however pass unnoticed-particularly by troops now on the field- Sanguine, chivalrous Volunteers- l\Iuch must be ri ked to relieve the besieged- If however I hear of the fall of Bexar before I reach them, I shall retire on this place & complete the fortifica- . tion now in tate of forwardness & prepare for a vigorous defence, waHin(J' anxiou ly in any event for the arrival of reinforcements from the Interior- · I leave from 0 to 100 men for the present defence of thi place with the expectation of a peedy reinforcement from Mata- gorda &c
J. W. Fannin Jr [rubric] fEndor ed] From
I [Addressed]
Public Service
Col. J. W. Fannin
His Excellency
Jame. W. Robin on Actg Govr. & Genl. Council Texas Washino-ton
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1836 Feb. 27, l\IEETI1rG OF THE CITIZEr S OF SAN FELIPE 54
:MEET! G OF TH;E CITIZENS OF SAN FELIPE.
At a meeting of the citizens held, in· the· town of San Felipe, on 27th February, Joseph Baker was unanimously called to the chair, and B. F. Cage appointed ecretary. A communication 55 from Wm. B. Travis, Lt. Col. Commandant of the po t of Bejar, having been read, and the objects of th [e] meeting explained. on motion of M:osel[y Ba]ke[r] E q., Resolved, That the chairman [appoint a] committee of twelve to "'Printed.
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