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Early Settlers crnd Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas, 331-336. Wooten (ed.), A Comprehensive Histo1-y of Texas, I, 372, 415. ~Antonio Menchaca, a descendant of one of the Canary Island settlers of San Antonio, was born in San Antonio in 1800. As a young man he held several small governmental positions in his native city. He was always in accord with the Anglo-American settlers of Texas, and when the Texas revolution broke out, he joined Juan N. Seguin's company as second lieu- tenant of that organization, and participated in the battle of San Jacinto. When Vicente Cordova and Manual Flores began to foment trouble at Nacogdoches in 1838, President Lamar appointed a commission to confer with them in an effort to prevent their propose,J rebellion against the Texas Government. Antonio Menchaca was one of those commissioners. He was a personal friend of Flores, who had also been a member of Seguin's company, and had participated in the battle of San Jacinto. Menchaca made a strong plea with Flores and Cordova against their schemes, warning them of their fate should they persist in their determina- tion to create discord and rebellion. When he became convinced that those men could not be induced to abandon their plans to organize a 1·ebellion, he withdrew and returned to San Antonio to report that he had failed in his undertaking. Subsequently, he served as alder.man of San Antonio for several terms, and became mayor vro tem on July 20, 1838, succeeding William Henry Daingerfield who had resigned. Menchaca was an active member of the Texas Veteran Association until his death in San Antonio, November 1, 1870. He is buried in San Fernando Cemetery No. 1. See J. M. Rodrigues, l'vl em.ofrs ,· ComJ>tro/ler Milita.ry Se1·vice Rec.ords ,· Public Debt Papers, Texas State Library; also see Dixon and Kemp, He1·oes of San Jcicinto, 441-442. 0 The communication of the agent is filed with Houston's message, Con- gressional Papers, Texas State Library; and it was printed along with the message in the Telegra])h and Texas Register, August 10, 1842.
To THE TEXAS SENATE 1
[Secret] Executive Department, City of Houston, July 19h., 1842. To the Honorable, the Senate: I have the honor herewith to submit for the advice and consent of the Senate, the following nominations~ in the naval service of the Republic, viz : E. W. Moore, Post Captain Commanding: J. T. K. Lothrop, Commander: D. H. Crisp, Lieutenant: W. C. Brashear, " Wm. Seegar, " A. G. Gray, " A. J. Lewis, "
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