[1953] [TRAVIS to SMITH]
Burnham's, Colorado, Jan. 29, 1836. To His Excellency, Henry Smith, Governor of the State of Texas. Sir: I have been here with the troops under Capt. Forsythe, but shall await your orders at Gonzales, or some other point on the road. I shall, however, keep the thirty men of Forsythe's company in motion towards Bexar, so that they may arrive there as soon as possible. Not having been able to raise 100 volunteers agreeably to your orders, and there being so few regular troops together, I must beg that your Excellency will recall the order for me to go to Bexar in command of so few men. I am willing, nay anxious, to go to the defense of Bexar, but, sir, I am unwilling to risk my reputation (which is ever dear to a soldier) by going off into the enemy's country with such little means, so few men, and with them so badly equipped. In fact, there is no necessity for my services to command these few men. The company officers will be amply sufficient. ...
Yr. obdt. servt., W. Barrett Travis.
[1954] [CASTILLO to FORSYTH]
i\lexican Legation, Philadelphia, January 30, 1836. The undersigned, charge d'affaires of the Mexican republic, had the honor to receive the note from the Hon. John Forsyth, Secretary of State of the United States, dated the 28th instant, and by its tenor has been able to assure himself that the object for which Mr. Forsyth thought proper lo express his desire for a personal conference with the undersigned is the same which he had anticipated, namely, the circumstances which lately occurred on the coast of Mexico, with regard to the American schooner Hannah Elizabeth, and her crew and passengers. The undersigned can offer nothing in addition with regard lo that occurrence, as the packet from Vera Cruz, which has been expected for several days, has not arrived, nor has any other communication reached him by way of New Orleans since his last
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