(2173] [FANNIN to ROBINSON]
Head Quarters Army of Texas Fort Defiance Goliad Fcby 25, 1836.
To the Actg. Govr. & Council of the
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Prov!. Govt. of Texas Herewith you have my account currect with the provisional Govt. of expenditures made under my authority as Agent- You also have a list of Drafts drawn on the Prov: Govt. & a list of Receipts sundry persons which wiU explain themselves The sum of two hundred & ten DoUars paid H. Foley will be charged to theGeorgia Battalion of Volunteers, (being for articles furnished them for private purposes, lo wit seventy gallons of Brandy) and ,vill be deducted from their pay- you will perceive that the amount of one Hundred Dollars is to be deducted from the pay of several officers by reference to the Memorandum of Drafts. The amt of Cash advanced to Capts. Cool, & Burke & private G. F. Leonard is in the same situation and will be deducted from their pay by the proper officer- also the amt. $15.- each from Ball & Simpson as per reels. & a/c. I have to remark in reference to the Amt. of Two thousand (2,000) Dollars received from Gay by Col. F. W. Johnson, that before declining the appointment of agent by Col. J. he received this amount (82,000) in the presence of Col. Wm. Pettus & Thomas F. McKinney for which he has not accounted to me or funrished a voucher or evidence of expenditure- I send also the account of Capt. Jack Shackleford of the Red Rovers for settlement.-
Very Respectfully Your obet. Servt.- J. W. Fannin Jr. Col Comt Army Texas & Agt. Prov!. Govt
P. S. I enclose duplicates of Drfts drawn- vouchers ~c wit_h tl~e exception of a few expenditures made for the pubhc serV1ce m expresses &c- JWF -I am well aware that my present movement toward Bexar is any thing but a military one. The appeal of Cols. Travis & Bowie c~nnot however pass unnoticed- particularly by troops no~v on the f,e_ld- Sanguine, chivalrous Volunteers- l\'luch must be risked to relieve
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