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No. 74 LETTER FROM THACKER VINSON TO P. H. BELL
To His Excellency P.H. Bell, Govr. State of Texas. Sir,
Having learned that three Companies of Rangers were to be raised for the defence of the frontier, I beg leave to ask that I may be permitted to raise on of them-I am well acquainted with frontier life, having passed most of my life on the Border. I had a son Killed a year ago by the Indians on the flats and wish for revenge on his Murderers. Numerous friends who will recom- mend me for the station have urged me to make application and I would be pleased at all events to hear from you what your Excellency will be disposed to do for me. My address is Peters- burg Lavacca County, which is nearest my residence on the Navidad, Towash, Tesconce. A reply will greatly oblige
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THACKER VINSON
[Endorsed] Thacker Vinson to Gov. P. H. Bell
Requesting authority to raise a Company of Rangers
No. 75 AFFADAVIT OF P. NICKELS
The State of Texas County of Cameron
Before me, the undersigned authority personally appeared P. Nickels who being by me duly sworn deposes and says: That he is the Sheriff of the County of Cameron and State of Texas. That on the Sixth day of June AD 1852 in the discharge of his official duties he left the town of Brownsville in company with a small party consisting of some Eight or Ten respectable Citizens of this County whose mission was to bury the dead, and upon arriving at a Rancho called Rosario affiant was informed that a large body of armed Indians and Mexicans who reside in the Re-
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