171
PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
ean now be obtained, and if it can he was authorized to procure it. I dont think I passed the titles to Franklin myself- I believe I left them with Genl McLeod to be given to him with the above instructions. I had previously spoken to Franklin about the matter and requested him to attend to the business- Another paper (a contract made with Zavala for some of his premium lands as Emprisario) was also placed in his hands for him to examine in to its validity and value. I think Zavala at the time of executing the paper in reality had no premium [lan]ds to dispose of- He is dead. . The s[even hund J red dollars which you sent me was not applied to the purpose intended. I recd. it on the eve of my leaving the coun- try-it passed, the most of it, into the hands of a friend, from whom I have not recovered it- As matter of course I am responsible for it to the Company I shall be in Columbus in a short time Yours most respectfully M. B. LAMAR The interest which I have in said Lands I have determined to abandon rather than encounter the vexation of vindicating my rights- Indeed, I expect the whole will be lost. No. 2407. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. LAMAR 10 [Richmond? Texas, 184- ?] Teran doubtless secretly cherished the hope of a Northern Confed- eracy, and wished to make fair weather with the people of Texas, with a view of getting this State to go with him in the project- See Henry Austin's letter Matamoras July 2- 1830 Teran was military commandant of the No[r]thern Division- it was partly thro' his machinations that troops were introduced into Texas at the various posts- Henry Austin wrote to Stephen F. Austin, that we had nothing to fear from this introduction of troops, in as much as they would be widely scattered, but few at any one post, and because of the difficulty of ever concentrating- his fears were that they would ultimately lead to a misunderstanding between the Genl. Govt & Texas. Henry Austin whilst in Matamoras, had Teran to dine with him frequently aboard of his Steam boat; Teran at the time held some commission to examine the navigability &C of the Del Norte- He was now playing the man of science; but subsequently when he was appointed Commandant Genl of the Eastern Division, he suddenly be- '"Pages 1 and 10-15 of the document are omitted. Page 1 is copied from Filisola, Vicente, Evacuation of Texas, 30, which gives the Mexican forces at the battle of San Jacinto. Pages 10-12 consist of a copy of a letter from Stephen F. Austin to l\Iaria Brown Austin, January 20, 1821; pages 13-15 of a copy of a letter from Joseph H. Hawkins to Maria Brown Austin, June 27, 1821. The two latter are printed in Barker, E. C., The Austin Papers, in Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1919, II, 373-4, 397-8.
Powered by FlippingBook