half an hour at'kr hi:- dl'liwry: and A. C:. Alll'11 furthl'r slat1~s Lhat he applicd lo said Thompson for a perm ii for I lw small schooner lying: in :-aid Bay, Lo proc1·1·d lo Vcla:-co with the subscribers, and r<'lurn with 5 barrels of flour a11rl 18 hags of coffre. of which articlcs the families and slorcs in Anahuac wcrt· nearly dl'slilule al thc time. and said Thompson rcfus1'.d such p<~rmit. And Lhe subscrilwrs further say that they have heard said Thompson rqH'alcclly :my, Lhat he i11Le11dcd lo lake all tlw rn:gro :;laves in the country lhal he could gel in his possession, and orr,~r them their liberty after one year's service, and that there w1:re 110 slaves legally i11cle11Lcd in Texas. And said Moreland further says that he heard said Thompson say LhaL all vessels and persons 011 hoard thereof, found sailing in the waters of Texas or 011 iLs coasl wiLhoul a permit from him or in his absence from Lhe Caplai11 of Lhe Porl, when found, were liable lo be seized and pressed into Lhe Mexican service. A. J. Yates, I. N. Moreland, A. C. Allen. Sworn and subscribed before me, J. Brown, Conussario; August 29th, 1835.
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[CORDOVA lo Ml LITIA]
[ Vicente Cordova, Nacogodoches, to the Militia Company of Nacogdoches, Ausgust 31, 1835, an address on military affairs.]
(562] [COS Lo UGARTECHEA]
I Marlin Perfecto de Cos, Matamoros, to Domingo de Ugarlechea, Bexar, August 31, 1835, repealing his order for Lhe arrest of Zavala, Carbajal, and other revolutionary leaders, and announcing thal he is coming Lo Texas in p1:rson. J
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