WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1831-1836
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To HENRY RAGUET 1
$25.00
24th Feby, 1836
Colonel H. Raguet : Will you please pay to Brooks Williams in merchandise twenty-five dollars, on account of the Provisional Government, and this will be his voucher. Sam Houston I I Commissioners John Forbes I [Addressed] : Colonel Henry Raguet, Nacogdoches, Texas by Mr. B. Williams. 1 From the collection of Mr. W. A. Philpott, Jr., Dallas, Texas.
To CAPTAIN PHILIP DIMMIT 1
Head Quarters Texas 12th March 1836
To Capt. P. Dimmitt Sir. You are ordered with your command to this place with all your disposable force, and should there be any companies or Troops at Victoria, whose services are not indispensible to the present emergencies of that section of .the frontier; you will notify them that it is my order for them to repair to this point forthwith. Col. J. W. Fannin is ordered to fall back on Victoria; after blowing up La Bahia. You will send expresses to Head Quarters, as often as practicable. Sam Houston Comdr in Chief of the Army. Unofficial Dear Sir. I am induced to believe from all the facts com- municated to us that the Alamo has fallen, and all our men are murdered! We must not depend on Forts; the roads, and ravines suit us best. Your friend 12th March 1936 Sam Houston [Addressed] : To Capt. P. Dimmit at or near Victoria Guade- loupe Texas Mr. Williams. 1 The official part of this communication appears in Yoakum, Hist0111 of Texas, II, 472-473, and was published in this collection of Houston's W r-itings, I, 266. This original is from the collection of Mr. Thomas W. Streeter, and the whole document is printed here for the sake of clearness in presenting the important unofficial postscript.
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