The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume I

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PAPERS OF 1\1)R.\BEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR

Commission-shall be his sufficient

For all which, this Present Warrant- By ·order of the President A Somervell Sec. of War. [rubric]

Given under my hand at Velasco this Twenty fifth day of June A. D. 1836. and of the Independence of Texas the First.

David G Burnet [rubric]

[Endorsed]

General Lamar's Commission as Iajor General

No. 390

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[1836] June 26, A JONilIOUS GALVESTON BAY, [TEXAS] TO-

Santa Anna and Almonte. Newspaper clipping.

No. 391

1836 June 27, srTEPHEN] F[ULLERl AUSTIN. VELASCO, rTEXAS} TO MrIRABEAU] BfUOJ. APARTE] LAl\fAR, rBRAZORIA], TEXAS 8 • ,fo•t ar"ivprl: s:vmpathy in the United States with Texas; urging that :m official account in manuscript of Sim Jacinto and general conditi_ons be sent to the Texan a,:rents at Washington. D. C.: the inim·y iloQe by Collinsworth and Grayson's report in New Orleans and b:v the treaty with Santa Anna; the need of a vigorous prosecu- tion of thr war; volnnteers: rumors of a l\Iexican advance confirmed; his own plan to join the Army as a private. A. I,. S. · •4 p.

:ro. 392

1886 Jm1e 27, D. G. B RKET TO l\T. B. LA:HAR

Velasco 27 June 1836

1\Taior Gc>nl I B Lamar

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deal' Sir

I have this moment recd. pour note- Genl. A11, tin got o°' shore this afternoon- He confirms the report of a large armament corp.ing,against us- The feeling in the U. S. is warm and decided in our favor- and the recognition of· our independence quite probable Should Grayson &. Collinsworth get· on before th [el adjournment of • ·rk•r" 4 • '-"• 1 . "'To be printed in the Austin Papers.

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