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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
Previous to the arrival of the Enemy the town of San Felipe was burned by the troops under the command of Capt Baker in accordance with orders previously given by the Commander in Chief Yours &c 'fo Genl. M. B. Lamar Moseley Baker 110 on Reaching camp nere Grosses and meny of the van of the Ene[m]y being in dght I called for volunteers to go to the assistn of Capt. B at San Felipe 18 men with my Self Joined him a few minutes after he had Lost one of his my [men?] by a grape Shot when wee Removed [ ?] during the canonading- JWEW I will menchen that I agreed to take the comand as capt only Durg the fight then Resigned and fell in to the Rankes W No. 1657 [183-?, !IIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, HOUSTON? TEXAS] Notes upon the San Jacinto campaign and Santa Anna's attempts to establish centralism in Mexico. A. Df. 4 p.
No. 1658 [183-?], ANONYl\IOUS.
McMullen and. McGloin's colony; b~ginnings, early Indian fights, revolutionary activity; Johnson, Grant, King, and Ward. 10 p. :Muti- lated. No. 1659 [183-?, MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, HOUSTON? TEXAS.] Notes upon the fate of filibustering republicans and upon the nomen- clature of San Antonio de Bexar; 1\Iaria Jesus Garcia. A. Df. 2 p. No. 1660 [183-?, M:. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON? TEXAS]. NOTES UPON J. BRADY'S ATTEMPT TO SECURE AN EMPRESARIO GRANT FOR COLONIZING TEXAS, AND NOLAN'S EXPEDITION 91 for colonizing Texas, and Nolan's expedition. In 1806 John Brady, Carmelite ·Priest, living at Botenkough, petitioned to settle 1500 Catholic families in Texas-He was defeated in his de- sires; the curate, Antonio de Sedella, New Orleans writes to Antonio Cordero Govr Texas opposing the measure strongly, and recommending to the Govr to oppose all such designs of settlemts in the province-- Friar Brady was an Irishman- 00N ote by J. W. E. Wallace. 11 A. Df.
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