war. has been of the most shameful character. Poor Viesca was ~ompletcly hoodwinked and cleccivccl by a few ... whose only object was to use the government for their own private purpose. A law was obtained for the sale of Four Hundred Leagues of vacant land. and the mosl shameless acts of SPECULATION were committed against the stale and the interests of Texas. The general government was informed of the corrupt and scandalous proceed- ings, and passed a decree annulling those sales; and the purchasers and those interested in them and a few others who have been deceived by them, arc the reports which you have heard and which I trust the colonists wiU pay no further allcntion to than lo treat with contempt and indignation, &c. The movement of troops towards Texas has in my opinion no other object than lo meet and counteract the revolution which the general government had grounds lo believe would be attempted by those individuals. If you can obtain a copy of the letter alluded to &c. you will confer a particular favor upon me by sending it lo me, &c. Dated June 30, 1835, Bexar. T. J. Chambers A corrcrl c•xlfacl. J. W. 8.
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[TENORIO to TRAVIS]
[Antonio Tenorio and W. Barret Travis, Anahuac, June 30, 1835, an agreement between the two whereby the detachment at Anahuac agrees to retire lo Bexar. J
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[BARRETT ET AL Lo CHAMBERS]
ID. C. Barrell, ct al, Mina, to Thomas J. Chambers, July l, 1835, inviting him to visit Mina and explain to the people the true intentions of the government.]
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