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honesty and integrity the foregoing facts will be the best com- mentary. They must also abide the judgment of the people. Sam Houston Commander-in-Chief of the Army. 1 Yoakum, History of Texas, II, 460--470. Brown, Histo1·y of Texas, I, 502-516. Brown, Life of Henry Smith, 209-230. Johnson-Barker, Texas and Texans, I. 374-382. 2 Almanzon Huston (this name is also found spelled Houston) was one of the representatives from San Augustine to the Consultation. He and his colleague, Jacob Garrett, arrived in San Felipe about October 16, 1835. The Consultation met, but was immediately adjourned until November 1 (Gammel, Laws of Texas, I, 509). Almanzon Huston was also a member e:f the Council of the Consultation, and was on the subcommittee appointed to draw up the military organization of the Provincial Government. He 1·ead the report of this military committee, while Henry Smith read that of the committee on civil government organization. On November 14, A. Huston (the man always signed his name "A. Huston," and is generally mentioned thus) was appointed Quartermaster General of the Texas Army, and accompanied Austin, Archer, and Wharton to New Orleans, where he arranged for the purchase of supplies. He served in this position till March 18, 1837 (Comptroller's Military Service Records). Stephen F. Austin had great confidence in Almanzon Huston, and said of him : "• . • He is a good man, and wishes to do all he can & never to travel beyond the strict sphere of his duty." Executive Record Book No. 94, p. 383. 3 See Houston to Smith, January 17, 1836. •Generai Eciward Burleson. For biographical sketches see the Diction- ar!I of Am.erican Biography, III, 286-288. Lanw.r Papers, passim. J. W. Wilta.rger, lndi<m Dev1·edatiotis in Tex(tS, 33-37. Texas State Gazette, jau• uary 3, 1852. Thrall, History of Texas, 507-511. ~This letter may .be found in toto in the following sources: E xecutive Rec01·ds Book No. 9, Texas State Library. Consultation Papers (the orig- inal), ibid. W. C. Binkley, Offi,c.ial Correspondence of the Tex~ Revolution, 1835-1836. 0James Walker Fannin. For biographical sketches, see Dictionary of American Biogmphy, VI, 263-264. The Qua.rterly, VII, XXIII, 79-90, 171- 213, 271-283. Numerous Fannin letters may be found in the Army Papers, Texas State Library. See also Binkley, Official Co1-responde11ce of the Texas Revolution, vassi1n. 7 See Houston to Henry Smith, January 8, 1836.
T'o THE BowL1
Nacogdoches, Texas, 5th Feby. 1836. My friend, To-day I heard that you were in trouble, and that you have called upon the Red brothers of all the Tribes to come; and hold a Talk with you! When you were last in this place,
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