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When Thompson arrived at Anahuac with his dispatches to Tenorio, not finding him there, he Thompson, issued a Proclamation declaring himself commandant of the coast &C.- He cruised awhile between Anahuac and [Galveston?] and in one of his excursions fell in with a sloop, (having on board Govr Zavala, who had just landed in our county from France) which he hailed. Zavala fearing an arrest, em- barked in a small boat and proceeded up Clear Creek concealing him- self there in a thicket- Thompson after boarding the sloop, suspect- ing that Govr Zavala or Genl .i\Iexia had fled from it, pursued the Zavala up the creek but failed to capture him-Zavala excaped by land to the Sanjacinto -this was in July 1835. In consequence of the exposure & sufferings on this occasion, Zavala was taken ill and came near dying-After his recovery he purchased his residence on the Buffalo Bayou, near Lynchburg of Mr Singleton- He soon after brought his fa[mily there?] and continued to reside there until his death- July 1835 Tenorio was left in command at Anahuac after the Ex- pulsion of Bradburn-In his attempt to collect Revenues & to enforce the revenue laws, he rendered himself obnoxious to the citizens, and a number of them assembled and made and [ sic J attack upon the garri- son-he [ 22 ] and [on con]dition of being permitted to retire with his troops-He abandoned the party & left the collector with, an old Mexican, who however, had no means of enforcing his authority; nor did he attempt it- He soon left for Matamoras. [Endorsed] Thompson- Tenorio-Anahuac Zavala-Correo and San Fillippi No. 1626 [183-?, SPENCER JACK, BRAZORIA? TEXAS], TO [.i\IIRA- BEAU BUONAPARTE LAl\IAR, HOUSTON? TEXAS] His own and Grayson's trip to Mexico in 1834 to secure Austin's release from prison; the disturbances in Coahuila in 1834; the capture of the Martha and the Columbia in 1835; his own losses. A. L. 10 p. No. 1627 [183-?, SPENCER JACK, BRAZORIA? TEXAS], TO [MIRA- BEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, HOUSTON? TEXAS] The disturba,nces at Anahuac in 1832. A. L. 8 p. No. 1628 [183-?J, R. S. EMISON [ ?] JR. [ ?] TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, TO llf[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTEJ LAl\IAR, [HOUSTON? TEXAS?] Introducing Jefferson Buford. A. .N. S. 1 p.
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