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claimed for 2 mules lost which was refused 1st. Because there
was no proof & 2d. because it was in the Auditors knowledge that
both Col. F W. Johnson & Dr Grant were not authorised by the
Commander-in-chief to fit out an Expedition against Matamoros
and that these Officers acted according to their own wishes & with-
out authority- That the claim would require the action of con-
gress-if persisted in further13
Toler says the Doctor joined the army a day or two previous to
the attack upon Bexar (the 5 Deer)- It fell on the 10th
Burrell & Chapman claims $2900 of a Draft of Dr Grants on
& accepted by Toler when in funds, which Mr Toler says is a
just debt & not included in the Concurso- Mr Hebenstreits is
also sent in for balance on Consignments of flour &c and never
was before the Concurso I did not have the Amt-
Hie spoke of trying the suit respecting the 100 Leagues of Land
at the next District Court- That Mr Watrous only accepted of
the Attorney Generalship, for the express purpose of trying this
suit, which was assented to by the President- He said John
Durst never paid the $2500 Draft or $5000 he forgets which-
J Durst set up as excuse that the purchasers had come back upon
him for their money, on acct of the titles being disputed or some
such excuse- -le produced a letter from Mr Almy addressed to
Dr Grant, dated I think in New York where he states that after
much dunning he had obtained $250 from Saml Williams there,
although he was informed that Sam had realized something--
like $75,000 for certain Certificates at that period, the fall of
1835- This letter came to hand after the death of Dr Grant-
He repeated again how he came by the Will, namely, that Mosely
Baker going into his Office at San Felipe to rescue all he could
previous to the destruction of that place in 1836- Shoved his
hand into the pigeon holes of a, desk & out came the said Will
along with some other papers, and he, Toler got it from a friend
cn the Trinity at the time of the Run-away-scrape- that he car-
ried it with him to Nacogdoches & there deposited with Judge
Dorr- He shewed me also the 5 claims of the Mexican soldiers-
I asked his opinion on the expediency of a journey to Parras,
'"Toler also advanced $133 to the troops under the command of Johnson
at San Patricio, and equipment valued at $140. His whole claim, amount-
ing to $730, was rejected. Memorial No. 2, File 87. Archives State
Department.312
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