[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin and Branch T. Archer to Henry Smith, January 20, 1836] Page: 3 of 5
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creep Into the Treasuiy Department, which will totally destroy
^ all confidence and credit, and ruin our cause.
We have purchased the Schooner "Ingham" (late revenue cutter)
and she is fitting out by the Gen. Agent, under the Superinten-
dance of Captain Hawkins, who is to command her.
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Our colleague, W H. Wharton left on the 17. for Nashville^
we have been detained to close the second loan, and complete
the other business, but expect to leave tomorrow.
By the last accounts from the Mexican ports, it appears that
active preparations are making to invade Texas by sea and land.
Several heavy armed vessels are fitting out at Campeachy and
Vera Cruz. General Santa Anna, was daily expected at Matamoros-
We have authorized Col. Ihos. D. Owin&s to raise, arm and
^ equip a body of volunteers for the service of Texas, not to ex-
ceed fifteen hundred men, to be in Texas by March next - The
expenses of arming, equipping and transporting, are to be re-
funded after the close of the war -
We have requested him to correspond with you on the subject -
and enclose you a copy of our letter to him - We have introduced
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him to the general agent W. Bryan with whom he will correspond -
We recommend that you keep the gen. agent informed regularly
every week, *f everything calculated to promote our cause, that
he may publish it -
Re Bp ee tfully your -obt
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^ B. T. Archer ^Rubric)
P. s. We enclose a copy of our instructions to A. J. Yates, a
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Austin, Stephen F. & Archer, Branch T. [Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin and Branch T. Archer to Henry Smith, January 20, 1836], letter, January 20, 1836; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217958/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.