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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuONAPARTE LAMAR
They were indebted to the kindness of Liut Juan Cortena for suste- nance as none was allowed them by the Commandant or comisory of the place except stale bread and boiled beans, upon which they lived for more than a week and upon one occasion when it was expected the Americans were about to make an attack upon the fort they were tied down- (put in the backs) and a sergeant with 14 men stationed round them with positive orders-to shoot· them so soon as the first gun was fired on either side- Col Bradburn, when called on by Col Piedras for the causes of their confinement assigned against Travis that he had "burlesqued the garrison, by writing an anonymous letter to him (B) in which he was informed that some volunteers from Louisiana under Col Coward were then in a few miles of Anahuac for the pur- pose of getting possession of two slaves which had run away from their owners, and whom Bradburne then had in his possession and whom he refused to give up to the agent of the owners when they were de- manded- The charges against Jack were, that he had written a con- temptuous letter to him Bradburne and had required without authority two Mexican convicts to be given up to the civil authority who were charged with having committed a rape upon a white woman-of having been elected and accepted of the apointment of Captain of a volunteer company which had been organised in Anahuac-which he denominated treason and rebellion, and of having made several inflamatory speeches with the object of producing revolution- The charge against Edwards (who was arrestea about two weeks after the other two were confined) was no other than attempting the rescue; or devising a plan for the rescue and delivery of the other two-and for the same offence Samuel T Allen was a few days afterward seized and imprisoned- This sir is a hastily sketched and imperfect account of our confin- ment- so far however as the statm~t goes-it is substantially true and correct- . Yours &c
Pat C Jack
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Anahuac Patrick Jack
No. 1617 [183-?, W. P. HARRIS]. ACCOUNT OF THE EJECTION OF TENORIO, 1835 10
In may 35 rumors of the intended change in the Govt. of Mexico began to be circulated through the colonies & created considerable excitement in this Austin's Colony Then came on the plan of Toluca changing the Federative to the consolidated System Santanna at its head aided by the priesthood and Military Soon after the reception of this news the Govt of Coahuila & Texas several members of Congress and several other persons (among whom was the much lamented Col. Benjn R. Milam who afterwards fell at San Antonia Gloriously avenging the
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