The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939 Page: 408
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something of the founding of the city of Matamoros, and the
building of the church, Nuestra Senora del Refugio. I am
particularly interested in hearing legends and traditions of the
family and of Padre Nicolas Balli.
The above letter deserves some comment. In the first place
it is an excellent statement of the true spirit which animates the
honest historical scholar, not only the professional historian but
the student who loves his subject and can find no rest until he has
finished it. It expresses the willingness to cooperate, the desire
to get the facts, the realization that the whole story can not be
pieced together, the feeling of inadequacy which haunts every
sincere student. And finally, there is the personal sacrifice: "My
time is not my own, and this work I am doing has to be done in
spare moments."
I am sure that Mrs. Ward can find information on Padre Island
and on old Nicholas himself in the University library, in the
archives, Texas Collection, in E. R. Dabney's newspaper file, in
the State Library. I once copied from an early Texas newspaper
the fullest account I have ever seen of Padre Island which has
always interested me. The copy may be found in the Archives
among the Texas Ranger transcripts.
From Carr W. Taylor, Hutchinson, Kansas, comes a letter that
enriches the Texas Collection. He incloses a copy of a very long
letter which his grandfather, Hiram W. Taylor, wrote shortly after
the battle of San Jacinto. The letter was written on board the
barque "Charles S. Williams," Captain Ashby Master, as the
barque stood in Matagorda Bay "15 miles from LaBaca, 25 miles
from Matagorda Town," and was dated June 12, 1836.
Judge Carr W. Taylor, the donor, writes:
My grandfather, Hiram Taylor, became attached to the Texas
army and wrote a letter . . . which was evidently concluded at
a later date after he had gone over the battlefield of San Jacinto,
as shown by his narrative describing the battlefield a few days
after the defeat of Santa Anna.
My grandfather, Hiram Taylor, was a brother of Miles Taylor
of New Orleans, Louisiana. Miles Taylor was a prominent
lawyer practicing in that city, and served three terms as a mem-
ber of Congress from that district.... Hiram Taylor and . ..408
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939, periodical, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101107/m1/437/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.