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| . . . a rabble of wretched
adventurers to whom our authorities have unwisely given
benefits that even Mexicans did not enjoy. . . . --Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna, from the
José Enrique de la Peña Narrative
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 Provincial Deputy Ambrosio
María de Aldasoro to Texas Governor Antonio Martínez,
Monterrey, January 17, 1821. Autograph letter signed, CN
10457, Béxar Archives. This official
letter to Texas Governor Martínez relays permission for
a group of "Missourians," including Moses
Austin, to settle in Texas. The Austin Colony launched
the movement of Anglo American settlers to Texas at a
time of transition from Spanish to Mexican rule. This
letter is part of the Béxar Archives, which contains
more than 250,000 manuscript pages of official
governmental records of the Spanish province of Texas and
the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas from 1717 to 1836.
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| When Texas is
populated and governed by good laws, it will be one of
the most enviable places in the world, in which it
doubtless will play a brilliant role. --José
Enrique de la Peña Narrative
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Stephen F. Austin, Map of
Texas With Parts of the Adjoining States Compiled by
Stephen F. Austin. Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1835.
J. P. Bryan Map Collection. The 1835
edition of Austin's 1830 Map of Texas, the first map to
show on a large scale the beginnings of immigration into
Texas from the United States. This later edition depicts
additional land grants and presents a section of text
stating the number of families to be located on each
grant shown on the map.
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Stephen F. Austin, Translation
of the Laws, Orders, and Contracts, on Colonization from
January 21, 1821, Up to This Time. . . . San Filipe
[sic] de Austin, Texas: Printed by Godwin B. Cotten,
November, 1829. CN 08405, Texas Collection Library. Austin's contemporary account of the
establishment of the first Anglo American settlement of
Texas, with his English translations of the documents and
laws relating to the founding of the colony, is the first
book of more than twelve pages printed in Texas.
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Portrait of Stephen F.
Austin, by William Howard, 1833. Miniature watercolor
portrait on ivory, James Perry Bryan Papers. William Howard executed this watercolor of
Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City in 1833, just before
Austin's arrest in Saltillo in January 1834 on suspicion
of trying to incite insurrection in Texas. It depicts
Austin in his hunting costume with his dog Cano.
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| The insults lavished upon the
nation as represented by the customs officials and
commanders of military detachments, the disregard for
laws, and the attitudes with which the colonists looked
upon those who had given them a country were more than
sufficient causes to justify war on our part. --José Enrique de la Peña Narrative
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Gen. Martín Perfecto de Cos
to Political Chief at Béxar, October 17, 1835. Autograph
letter signed, Béxar Archives. General
Cos's letter calls upon the citizenry of Béxar to rally
to the defense of San Antonio against the "rebel
colonists" shortly before the Texan siege of the
city.
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in at Béjar . . . with a small garrison and in need of
both munitions and foodstuff. . . . he was compelled to
capitulate on the 10th of December 1835. -José Enrique de la Peña Narrative
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Portrait of General Cos,
possibly after William H. Croome, ca. 1848, in John
Frost, Pictorial History of Mexico and the Mexican War.
. . . Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1869. Nettie Lee
Benson Latin American Collection, The General Libraries,
The University of Texas at Austin. Sent
to suppress the Texan rebellion, General Cos was forced
to surrender the city of San Antonio in December, 1835.
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| . . . the brutal execution at
Goliad, as unnecessary as it was censurable . . . so
greatly tarnished the noble cause we were defending. -José Enrique de la Peña Narrative
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Joseph Henry Barnard,
"List of the men under the Command of Col. J. W.
Fannin, at Goliad in March 1836. Corrected from the list
published in the 'Telegraph' of Nov. 9th
1836.” Autograph document, Joseph Henry Barnard
Papers. Barnard's list of Texan soldiers
killed or wounded at Goliad. A surgeon in James W.
Fannin's command, Dr. Barnard was spared during the
massacre so that he could treat wounded Mexican soldiers.
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Nicolás de la Portilla,
“Copia de un apunte suelto de la campaña de Tejas,
que principia en 18 de marzo de 1836. . . . Autograph
document, José Enrique de la Peña Collection. Lt. Col. Nicolás de la Portilla presided
over the garrison at Goliad when Santa Anna ordered the
mass execution of prisoners there. Portilla's notes were
lost and, thus, were never incorporated into the Mexican
army's general report on the Texas campaign.
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