The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 21, July 1917 - April, 1918 Page: 144

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly

Paper at Matagorda, 1835 ?--Gray says50 that one Simon Mus-
sina published a paper at Matagorda from 1835 to 1838, but
he had never seen a copy, and knew nothing about it. Borden's
statement in the Telegraph. of January 18, 1837, that the presses
at Brazoria and Nacogdoches had ceased publication before March
24, 1836, and the further statement that he answered the presi-
dent's call to Harrisburg because "we were the last and only
medium of publication they could obtain," indicate that there
was no such paper. This, however, is not entirely conclusive.
Perhaps an apology is due for the publication of these notes.
They were taken incidentally during the course of an exhaus-
tive study, for a larger subject, of the contemporary material on
Texas from 1819 to 1836. It seems improbable that another
will soon tread that path again; and, since there is so much of
error in what has been written about the Texas press of that
period, it seemed desirable to publish them. It may well hap-
pen, too, that readers of the article may know of additional copies
of the papers here listed, and of others, not listed, in which case
the writer would greatly appreciate having them brought to his
attention. For, whatever may be thought of the notes, the papers
themselves are invaluable.

50As cited, 370.

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