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Governor told the commissioners, to say to the Revolutionists that if they would desist the matter might drop, & that the Govermt of Mex- ico, should not know of the matter - The Commissioners were sent back as they came, they could do nothing - When they returned to Sanfillippe ·& reported their unsuccess; the Govr. made arrangemts for war. In a short time 6 or 7 hundred troops from Bexar arrived in San:fillippe, .Austin was very low at the momt, expecting every day to die - He advised them to go on - and ordered out the militia on the Brazos to join them, - The Americans were ·commanded by Laurance Richd. Kenny - The .Americans marched on to Nacogdoches; had some difficulty with the Revolutionists - dispersed them, and were on their return home, when they met the Mexican .Army at the Trin- ity, slowly progressing towards Nacogdoches - they went on to that . place, but the difficulty was settled - These troops were [ g]arr[i]son [es]tablished [at] la [Bahia?] of then the commandant of the place in 1825.) . Laurence Richd. Kenny was in Matamoras and meetfog there Busta- mente, and applied to him for the payment for his men for three months service - They had been ordered out by .Austin, under promise that they should be paid; but when Kenny applied to Busta.mnte, he was told by .that officer that he had better keep dark on that subject; that the Mexican Govt. were watching the .Americans with a jealous eye. Kenney ascertained that the the [sic] Mexican Govt. 65 been informed that it was the mexican troops which had quelled the Freedonians; & that the .Americans had no hand in it when in: fact the very reverse was the truth -
[Endorsed] Information derived from Mrs. Eberley.
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[184-f, MIR.ABE.AU BUON.AP.ARTE LAM.AR, RICH:~fOND? TEX.AS] Notes: "Joseph Baker about the Organic act of 10 October 1835 Mexico." .A. Df. 2 p. No. 2450 [184-f, MIR.ABE.AU BUON.AP.ARTE LAMAR, RICHMOND? TEX.AS] . Notes upon the Mexican War of Independence, [1810]-21. .A. Df. 2 p. No. 2451 [184-f M. B. LAM.AR, RICHMOND? TEXASl "JUAN CASS.AS - .ALDAMA - DELGADO & OTHERS"H Juan Cassas. This man was a fuH blooded spaniard, born in Escandon, Tama.u-
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