[1367] !CHRISTY to HOUSTON I
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New Orleans 2nd Deer 1835
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Dear General [Houston]
A nephew of Mrs. Christy by the name of Vincent A. Drouillard, smuggled himself off in the first company of volunteers which went by sea under the charge or command of a Mr. Hall to your aid, you once knew his mother at my house, he is brave, fond of a roving life, devoted to a Gun and to performing any executive business, will be very useful, he writes a pretty good hand, has been brought up lo the Apothecary business & might possibly be useful in this Department of the Army for he understands his business well, if you can find him out & do anything for him, you will do much towards soothing the anxious cares of a mother whom you know is a lady of the first family and standing We arc entirely without advices from you, what does this mean? 11th January 1836 This was retmned to me. w.c. [1368] [DIMITT to SMITH] Yours in great haste Wm Christy
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To His Ex. Henry Smith, Gov. of the Free & Sovereign State of Texas. Ex. Sir,
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One day only has elapsed, since the receipt at this place, of the first news of the proceedings of our convention, even through the columns of a news paper, since its organization. And even now, we have no other. The little band that entered this Fortress on the night of the 9th ult. incurred a high, and solemn responsibility. Their object, when they took up the line of march was, to take this Fort before Cos should have left for Bexar. And after they heard of his having left, beleiving that he would be intercepted by a detachment from above, and compelled to fall back on Goliad, it was deemed of great importance lo occupy the post, before he would reach it. · The determination lo take the post, was therefore, instantly formed. the line of march resumed, and the movement
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