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181f2 Luis Grande & Ancelmo Vergardo were appre?ended at Bexar bear- ing Proclamations &C from Guitarez- •. Upon the prospect of the War between Spain & France, (I know not what year, p~erhaps about 1793 to 95) a spanish edict was issued to have all the French in the Spanish dominions apprehended on a certain day- This order was secretly circulated through out the Span- ,ish America.- · From a letter written to . . . [blank] the Commander at Nacog- doches by the Governor 0£ Bexar in 1795 it appears that Nolan was in Texas on some secret project in Connection with the Govr. o.l: Bexar- [Endorsed:] Monchaca 1812 Nolan, the French &C 1795 No. 2449. NOTES FROM JOSEPH BAKER. LAMAR [Richmond? Texas, 184-?] Mr. Baker came to Texas fall 1831. settled on the Brazos Boni in Main- SaltiHo was the seat 0£ Gov of Coahuila and Texas, esbablished at the first organization of the Govt The decisive Battle in Zaccatecas which forced her to submit to the Central views 0£ Santana, in the fall 1835- Santana commanded his own troops in person. Santana had sent Andrade to Zaccatecas, for the purpose of getting command of the army of that state, in which he easily succeed, Andrade having some military reputation and affect- ing to be a violent federalist & foe to Santana. At the head of the whole effective force of the State, he marched to meet Santana. They met in the City of Zaccatecas, and a battle ensued, in which the traitor· Andrade contrived very easily to have his own men butchered up & put to flight. Under the "Organic Act" passed 10th October 1835, giving to San- tana all power, this, tyrant, attempted to disarm the people of Zacca- teccas. They refused to surrender their arms, or to acknowledge the Organic act, which had destroyed the State Authorities, and merged the States into one consolidated Govt. with Santana at its head- Santana determined to coerce Zaccateccas by the sword; he accordingly invaded her in & war insued- Texas & Zaccateccas were the only states that resisted the views of Santana-all the others gave in their adhesion to the Govt divised by the Organic Act of 10 Octr- After the fall of Zaccateccas, the subjugation 0£ Texas was the only obstacle to the full accomplishmt of his purposes- He accordingly now directed his attention to chas- tising her. Whilst busily engaged in preparing for an invasion of Texas, a cir- cumstance arose, which gave him some colour of excuse for introducing a military force into the country without alarming the apprehensions of the Americans-The circumstance was the Conduct of Congress then in Session at Montclover. [Endorsed:] Jos. Baker about the Organic act of 10 October 1835 Mexico
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