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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
ELLIOTT TO ABERDEEN10
No. 25. , Galveston September 5th
1843
My Lord,
I have the honor to report that Her Majesty's Sloop "Scylla" ar-
rived here on the 28th Ultimo, bringing me a despatch from Her
Majesty's Charg6 d' Affaircs at Mexico dated on the 15th Ultimo,"
proposing on the part of General Santa Afia, an exchange of pris-
oners. The Inclosures are the Note12 I addressed to this Govern-
ment upon the subject, and my reply to Mr Doyle, but Mr Jones's
answer will hardly reach me in time to be despatched by this
opportunity.
The Scylla sailed to Tampico and Vera Cruz on the 29th
Ultimo.
Affairs in this quarter remain in the situation reported in my
last despatches. I may mention however that the elections for the
next Session of Congress closed yesterday, and I believe it is gen-
erally considered that the result has been favorable to the Admin-
istration
Charles Elliot
To the Earl of Aberdeen. K. T.
ELLIOTT TO DOYLEI1
[Enclosure]. Galveston. August 28th, 1843.
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge your despatch of the 15th In-
stant (received this morning) and in reply I beg leave to forward
the copy of a note which I have addressed to this Government.'4
In the absence of General Houston on the Upper Trinity at an
Indian Council, from which he is not expected back for the next
fortnight, and under the circumstances of the other claims on the
Services of the "Scylla," I have not thought it right to request the
0F. 0., Texas, Vol. 6.
1F. 0., Texas, 23. Doyle to Elliott, August 15, 1843.
12Elliot to Jones, August 28, 1843. In Garrison, Diplomatic Correspend-
ence of the Republic of Texas, III, 1123-1124, in Am. Hist. Assoc. Report,
1908, II.
18F. O., Texas, Vol. 6.
4See note 12, above.196
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