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[Transcript of Meeting Minutes from a meeting of the Citizens of Columbia, August 15, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for meeting minutes from a meeting of the citizens of Columbia, in which the group resolves to create a body of fifteen representatives called the Committee of Safety and Correspondence for the Jurisdiction of Columbia. The committee will be responsible for keeping all jurisdictions informed of any political or military intelligence.
Date: August 15, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from [H. Meigs] to Col. Stephen F. Austin, November 15, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from [H. Meigs] to Stephen F. Austin, in which Meigs conveys his personal support for the cause of Texas independence but informs Austin that the treaty between Mexico and the United States of America precludes U.S. from intervening on behalf of Texas.
Date: November 15, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from H. J. Offitt to Stephen F. Austin, December 15, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from H. J. Offitt to Stephen F. Austin, regarding payment to J. B. Chance for the survey of several leagues in Robertson's Colony. Offitt is displeased with political outcomes in the region and is eager to settle his business affairs so that he can relocate.
Date: December 15, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from P. Dimitt to S. F. Austin, October 15, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from P. Dimitt to S. F. Austin, regarding the dispatch of a small band of troops to Austin's current position, and reports that there has not been any dissension or dissatisfaction amongst the troops at Goliad. However, Dimitt warns that there have been reports of dissension amongst Texas Revolutionary troops stationed elsewhere.
Date: October 15, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Official Order from General Cos to the Commander of Coahuila y Texas, August 15, 1835]

Description: The first page of this document is copy of a transcript of a letter to the citizens of Texans, questioning the arrest of Zavalla and calling it a "pretense by which to introduce [Mexican] troops" to Texas. The second page of this document is copy of a transcript for an official order from General Cos to the Commander Ugartachea, in which Cos orders Ugartachea to use whatever Calvary deployment necessary to arrest of Don Lorenzo de Zavala. Cos also orders Ugartachea to force all the inhabitant… more
Date: August 15, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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