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In my letter to Father, dated Velasco, I gave some account of my disastrous voyage to Texas and ship wreck on the bar of the Rio Brazos de Dios. I suppose you received that teller, and it is therefore unnecessary for me to recapitulate. In conclusion, permit me lo return through you to father and Mother, my sincerest thanks for their kindness to their erring child. If I die, remember me with kindness cherish every recollec- tion that can atone for my errors, forgive my faults, forget my follies, breathe a sign, and shed a tear to the memory of your unhappy brother, and believe that he will die as a soldier and a Virginian should, fearing nothing caring nothing. Give my love to all the family. Ever your brother, John Sowers Brooks. P.S. Direct your letters to me to the care of Messrs. McKinney and Williams, Quintana, Mouth of the Brazos and they will forward them. I enclose you a Texas paper of a late date. Send me some Staunton papers. Jno. S. Brooks.
Write immediately. I have not heard from home since I left
New York. [To Miss Mary Ann Brooks, Straunton, Va. j (1726] [FANNIN to PUBLIC]
ATTENTION, VOLUNTEERS! To the West, face: March! An expedition to the west has been ordered by the General Council, and the Volunteers from Bexar, Goliad, Velasco, and elsewhere, are ordered to rendezvous at San Patricio, behveen the 24th and 27th instant, and report to the officer in command. The fleet convoy will sail from Velasco, under my charge, on or about the 18th, and all who feel disposed lo join it, and aid in keeping the war out of Texas, and at the same lime cripple the enemy in their resources at home, are invited to enter the ranks forthwith. J. W. Fannin, Jr. January 8th, 1836.
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