would most respectfully urge that it is the custom of most countries to grant a reasonable lime for the promulgation of such laws, and that the United Stales of the North, particularly, in their decrees establishing and imposing duties on Importations and Tonnage, have invariably granted a lime of publication of, al least, not less than three months, before the taking effect of said laws. Thal al the Lime of the enactment of the aforesaid law, your petitioner was entirely ignorant of il, nor was he acquainted with existence until his arrival al the Lown of :\latagorda. For the aforesaid reasons, just and plausible as he deems them, your petitioner would humbly pray to be relieved from the payment of said duties, and exonerated from the obligations of the aforesaid bonds.
Howard & Fleury
[2011] (POWER to HOUSTON)
Refugio Febry 4th 1836
Genl. Samuel Houston Dear Sir
Inclosed you have the result of the election, for delegates to the convencion where I hope lo have the pleasure of seeing you Col Fanning have arrived with two hundred men, they and the most of their baggage will arrive at this village this clay, Grant and Col Johnson are at the Nueces, Docl Grant wrote me yesterday he have taken the Commandant of Lipantitian and all his-men about 18 miles south of the Nueces he have got some good horses, he caught them asleep, he further say that General St. Anna have arrived at Saltillo with 2000 men that he Doct Grant expects to be joined with about 400 men before they get to Matamoros Believe me to be yours Truly James Power [2012) [RICHARDSON to Sl\HTH J
[William Richardson lo Henry Smith, February 4, .I 836, resigning his posi Lion as Surgeon General in the army.]
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