Rcnucvo a V.E. con placer las proleslas de mi adeccion y
respcto.
Mazo 17. de 1836.
E.S. Presidtc de la Rcpa gl en ·Gefe del Exto. (al margen) Marzo 17/836 [2344)
[BAKER AND BURLESON to STARR]
March 17th 1836 F. J. Starr one of my company has permission to return home. He agreeing lo return to Camp as soon as he can make suitable disposition of his family.
Moseley Baker Captain Edw. Burleson Colo. Comd.
[2345) [BRAZORIA MEETING]
Brazoria Meeting
A meeting of the citizens of Brazoria was held on the 17th of March. The meeting was organized by appointing Robt. Mills Chairman and S. C. Douglas Secretary. On motion of F. C. Gray a committee of five was appointed to draft resolutions for the adoption of the meeting. Whereupon, D. C. Barrett, F. C. Gray, S. C. Douglas, S. Bowen, Gowin Harris, and L. C. Manson were appointed that committee. The meeting adjourned for one hour. The meeting was again assembled when the committee presented the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted. The Committee lo whom this meeting referred the duty of drafting resolutions, expressive of the object of the people, in assembling on this occasion, report:- That information, of the most alarming character, to the lives, liverty and property of our citizens, has been received by express in two days from Gonzales, giving the distressing intel- ligence of the Fall of the Alamo at Bejar, and the merciless and
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