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despues de la Acci6n de San Jacinto, passim. Vicente Filisola, 1Wemorias para la Historia de la G11erra de Tejas (2 vols). Clarence Wharton, El Presidente. George Lockhart Rives, The United States and Mexico, I, 207-210. Southwestern Historical Quarterly, XXXVII, 111-115. 5 On May 21, 1835, the Legislature of Coahuila-Texas, meeting at Mon- clova, adjourned to avoid capture. A few days later qovernor Viesca fled. He was captured on June 6, and General Cos, commander of the northern and eastern Mexican States, was appointed military commander, pending a new election. See Eugene C. Barker, Life of Stephen F. Austin, 470-472; also see Dr. Barker's 1Wexico and Texas, 131-149. 0 These memorials went sent by the Convention of 1833. •Stephen F. Austin. 8 On October 3, 1835, Santa Anna had a Jaw passed that dissolved the federal system and placed the State Governments in the hands of the £:Xecutives and councils, appointed by the President. This law, however, did not actually affect the Texans, because the Texas revolution had begun the day before its passage. 0 In April, 1835, the Mexican Congress passed a law, reducing the State militia organizations to the proportion of one man for every five hundred inhabitants. 10Reference is made to the appointment of General Cos as commandant of the Eastern Province; of Cos's appointment of General Ugartechea as commandant of Texas; of the· reopening of the custom house at Anahuac; of Ugartechea's demand for the cannon at Gonzales; the subsequent clash at Gonzales on October 2, 1835-the opening of the Texas revolution. See
E. C. Barker, Mexico and Texas, 136-146. 11 See Gammel, Laws of Texas, I, 507-510. 1 2 see E. C. Barker, Mexico and Texas, 137. 1aYoakum, II, 63. · To D. c. BARRETT 1
San Felipe de Austin 15th Deer 1835
Colonel D. C. Barrett Dear Sir, Having learned that you have been appointed by the General Council for the purpose of drafting an address to the army of the People, I take pleasure in suggesting to you my views in relation to the protection of our frontier. I propose placing a field officer in command of San Antonio de Bexar with a sufficient number of Troops for the defence of the station, I also design, the employment of an Engineer, and [to] have the fortifications and defences of the place improved. La Bahia must be occupied by a force amounting [to] from 50 to 100 men, and commanded by a competent officer. The main force will be placed in a situation where it can command the port of Copano-Refugio Mission will probably be the best situation for a force to be stationed. San Patricio, will also be within the range of the cordon of posts to be established for the purpose
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