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[PALOMO to SUB-COMISARIO]
[Jose Dionisio Palomo, Matamoros, to Sub-Comisario, Bexar, January 29, 1835, demanding records showing sums advanced to Texas troops. J
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[TENORIO to UGARTECHEA]
[Antonio Tenorio, Anahuac, to Domingo de Ugartechea, Bexar, January 31, 1835, reporting his arrival at Galveston with a small force, explaining the necessity for removal to a place where supplies can be obtained, and declaring that his force is too small to enforce his orders for the prevention of contraband trade.]
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[MILAM to SMITH]
To his Excellency, H. Smith, Esq. Political Chief of the Department of Brazos
Your Petitioner Benjamin R. l\'lilam, an Empresario appoint- ed by the State of Coahuila & Texas, to colonize certain designated portions of the lands of Texas, would most respectfully represent to your Excellency, that his efforts and the objects of the Govern- ment, are in great danger of being defeated by the claimants of league grants. Your petitioner, represents that many persons with their families, emigrated to Texas at great pains and expense, 8 or 10 years ago, under the invitation held forth in the laws of colonization. That they settled on unappropriated land, took the outh of allegiance lo the l\'lcxican Republic, and have ever since remained peaceable and dutiful citizens.- That they have with great labor and cost opened farms, built houses, mills, and cotton gins, and introduced horses, & cattle, & hogs, & sheep, into the wilderness. But notwithstanding the length of time which these settlers have occupied their lands-notwithstanding their toils,
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