lhi•n l'.i•w.:c-d ,111d ml ar1111sl11·1 : w.,~ rnh·n:d inlo the 1111:xican arn,y !11<!11 rl'!rl'akd 0111 of T1•x,1s to i\lalla11wr,1s and our wisl' men ware trying lo make· a lrcaly wilh Sa11la t\mw und affcctctl it as llwy lhou~hl ,ind pill him on l,oard w~sd lo :wnd him l,111 IIH· 1woplc would 1101 stand l1ro11~hl him ha1:k lo show yu11 lhl'rc i.s no confidc11cc lo lw plac1!d in ,11111y of the 11H:xica11 people this .irmy U/:?:l'e:cd lo stand lo any treaty Santa Arma would make tl11:y assured us Lhcy would we· got the news on the 19th instant the same army wan· rclrm:ing steps back lo Tt·xas mul swear tht'-y intend to cxtc:rmirrnlc cvcrv amcrican Lo the Sabine River or IH!ver set: mcxico again. There· llllll; bcrs (en thousand 110w the pc:opl1· am ordered lo turn out in nrn:,s and repair tu th,: seal of wur with 1111 possible dispatch if tlwy docs not turn out now on the very spot Texas is gon1:. W(: cun lwal them "'ilh 01w third of there 1111111bcr with case we have :1lways done it. In two <lays I shall slarl again I only tame in two weeks ago today w1~ have only about one thousand men in llw field al pn:st:nl 011r army will have• lo rdrcal in less than 8 days now is the gr1:al slrugglc with tcxas hul if lhc people will turn out now on tht: spul we c,111 hc:al tu (b1lh I could say a hccp lo you if I could sen you. if we can gain this country I shall be mlilkd !'1000 ,1crcs of lm1d which will be a l'orlum'. lo me some day or my children if they should live this may be my last address lo you war is Flucl11ating you l:Hll tdl anybody lh,11 may inq11irc for nw when I nm if I outlive this war I sltall sec you nil in i\liss. again :is soon as I can secure my land Lilies, nothing would give ml' lht: satisfaction as seeing all would your son Lill death J. W. Hassell [3487J lMAIN to HOUSTON J r Ellen J. Main, Kanawha s,,tinc, lo Smn Mo11sto11, J lllll' 2 I, 1836, inquiring ahout her husband, who had left New Orleans in Octoher "with a company of 60 men for Texas ... 2B F1·b I rcccivt:cl another letter from him slating lw had h1·c11 shot al 1-kx.ir his wound was in Lht1 right thigh. . .. "I
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