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[Transcript of Letter from Mateo Ahumada, September 10, 182u]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Mateo Ahumada, on September 10, 182u, discussing two letters. The first asks that they gather an army to fight the Native Americans, and the second repeals the order to march against the Natives as a result of an agreement with the Comanches.
Date: 182u-09-10

[Transcript of Two Letters from Stephen F. Austin, July 17, 1826]

Description: Copy of transcript for two letters from Stephen F. Austin, on July 17, 1826. The first letter discusses an alliance between Comanches, Tahuacanos, and Green DeWitt, and the murder of a man. The second letter discusses a woman who split with her husband, and wishes to take possession of the family's property.
Date: July 17, 1826
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.

[Transcript of Letter from José Antonio Saucedo, July 23, 1828]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from José Antonio Saucedo, on July 23, 1828, discussing the discovery of people who had assassinated an important figure living in Texas, and asking that the appropriate measures by followed.
Date: July 23, 1828
Creator: Saucedo, José Antonio

[Transcript of a Preliminary Draft of Legal Document, March 1827]

Description: Copy of transcript for a legal document, in March 1827, discussing the ban on slavery in all Mexican territory, the definition of a congress, how many people must live in a town before gaining a representative in congress, the requirements to be a representative, and the requirements to move the physical location of congress.
Date: March 1827

[Transcript of Letter, May 17, 1827]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter, on May 17, 1827, discussing the quick approval of new laws without consulting those living in the American colonies in Texas.
Date: May 17, 1827

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin, May 17, 1827]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin, on May 17, 1827, discussing Samuel Williams, who is held responsible for not telling a city administrator about his activities with a paper company and will be fined.
Date: May 17, 1827
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.

[Transcript of Letter from José Antonio Saucedo, May 22, 1827]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from José Antonio Saucedo, on May 22, 1827, discussing the receipt of a new law from Mexico by the government of the state of Texas. Eight articles to be voted on by colonists are also included.
Date: May 22, 1827
Creator: Saucedo, José Antonio
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