The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 12, July 1908 - April, 1909 Page: 173
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The Navy of the Republic of Texas.
which you have adverted. A native American, I cannot but feel
the deepest interest in the success of a people, connected with us
by the ties of a common origin, and a common regard for equal
rights, and bravely struggling for constitutional liberty. God
speed the noble work !
Accept, gentlemen, once more my acknowledgements for the
testimonials of esteem with which you have honored me, and re-
ceive in return my best wishes for your individual happiness, and
the welfare of your country.
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
RANDALL HUNT.
To Messrs. B. T. Archer, etc.
Thus happily and amidst rejoicing, was closed the incident of
the Correo and the San Felipe.-
II. ORGANIZATION OF THE NAVY.
At a mass meeting held at Columbia, August 15, 1835, a com-
mittee of fifteen persons was appointed to prepare an address to
the municipalities of Texas, asking them for co-operation in a call
for a consultation of all Texas. The address requested that each
municipality should elect five delegates to meet at Washington, on
the 15th of October. On this date only thirty-two members were
present; these not being sufficient for a quorum, the meeting was
adjourned to November 1. By the 3rd of November fifty-five
members had assembled at San Felipe instead of Washington.
This consultation was authorized to organize a government, and
to provide ways and means for carrying on the war. A provisional
government was formed, in which Henry Smith was appointed
governor and James W. Robinson lieutenant governor.2
One of the very first matters receiving the attention of the
Consultation was the proper protection of the sea coast. As it was
impossible to create a navy in a day, it was determined to issue
letters of marque and reprisal; and it was hoped that by having
numerous privateers cruising upon the Texas coast, not only would
1About two years afterward, August 17, 1837, Capt. J. D. Boylan, com-
manding the Texan man of war Brutus, captured the Correo again. She
was then passing by the name of Rafaelita. (See Texas Navy Papers,
State Library.)
'Bancroft, II, 162, 169, 171; Journals of the Consultation, 50.173
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