the Governor, through whom, we presume, you can obtain it. Accept, my friend, the customary salutations of the day, for yourself and others, from sir, yours and theirs, Ira Ingram (1617] [JOHNSON to ROBINSON]
Private
San Antonio de Bexar Deer. 25th 1835
James W. Robinson Esqr. Dear Sir
I have the satisfaction to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th Inst. to my predecessor Genl. Burleson, which I opened as it was not marked private on the cover.- No appology is required by such a friend as you have proved to be to the Volunteer Anny of Texas, for giving such hints as may appear to you conducive to the general good and to the success of the cause in which we are engagecl.-On the contrary such hints would be gratefully received had they come from a person who had no influence on our movements and much more of course from one who has so immediate a share in their control.- The expedition which you propose against Matamoras can he undertaken speedily with every rational prospect of success and every man in this Garrison would willingly Volunteer lo proceed to the interior, but as the position which we occupy is all important to maintain, it will be desirable to wait the arrival of considerable reinforcements now on the road to have a sufficient number to answer other purposes, and in the mean time every necessary preparation of suitable Artiller, Arnn. and Stores can be made, all the animals required to convey the same procured.-An expedition of this nature you point out has occupied our attention for some time, and a small division of observation leaves this place to day for the Nueces to occupy the attention of the enemy at Riogrande and Lorado, to open and keep up a communication with the liberals on the frontier-and above all to procure positive
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