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The Consular Service of the Republic of Texas
before the annexation of Texas, to Ashbel Smith after his return to
Texas to assume the duties of Secretary of State, shows the cordial
relations which existed between Peravay and Smith:
Will you be so kind as to let me know how I ought to write to you
myself. I am totally ignorant of the usual form of official letters
to the Secretary of State and I should be very sorry if you were
for a moment to suppose that I wilfully neglect to express my
feelings of high esteem for you of which however I trust you are
well assured.12
The Consulate at Paris. The confirmation of the appointment
of Theodore Barbey for Consul at Paris, November 30, 1840,
marked the establishment of the Consulate18 in that city. There
is little record of Barbey's work. On November 15, 1841, McIntosh
wrote that Barbey had been "unremitting in his exertions in en-
couraging emigration to Texas,"14 but for some reason his services
were not satisfactory. In May Smith transmitted to him a letter
of revocation from the Secretary of State of Texas, but he was
tenacious of his office and refused to give up his consular functions,
on the ground that he had the assurance of being reappointed.5
As Smith seemed unable to fill the place satisfactorily he let the
matter rest until November 4, 1842, when he announced to the
Minister of France the revocation of Barbey's appointment."
In the meantime Henri Castro had been made consul general of
France, receiving his appointment February 3, 1842.17 He was
interested in promoting emigration to Texas and the present village
of Castroville near San Antonio, which he settled, still bears his
name. Smith regarded Castro as an able man, but he was dis-
pleasing to the French authorities,8 who intimated that a with-
12Peravay to Smith, July 23, 1845, Smith Papers, Archives, University
Library.
"sWinkler [ed.], Secret Journals of the Senate, November 30, 1840, in
Texas Library and Historical Commission Report, 1909-1910, I, 188.
"McIntosh to Mayfield, Garrison, Diplomatic Correspondence of the
Republic of Texas, III, 1067, in Am. IIist. Assn. Report, 1908, II.
nSmith to Jones, Garrison, Diplomatic Correspondence of the Republic
of Texas, III, 1383, in Texas Historical Association Report, 1908, II.
"Ibid., 1398.
17Winkler [ed.], Secret Journals of the Senate, February 3, 1842, in
Texas Library and Historical Commission, Report 1909-1910, I, 220.
"Smith to Jones, December 30, 1842, Garrison, Diplomatic Corre-
spondence of the Republic of Texas, III, 1066, 1361, in Am. Hist. Assn.
Report, 1908, II.301
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