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24 THE TEXAS GULF HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
dent of the Republic of Texas) and to Joseph Vehlein, a German merchant
residing in Mexico. Zavala, Burnet, and Vehlein exchanged these three con-
tracts for money and stock with the newly organized speculative Galveston
Bay and Texas Land Company. In an attempt to exploit the grants, Zavala
was delegated to seek colonists from Germany, France, and Switzerland
during an anticipated trip to Europe in December of 1830. He secured no
colonists prior to his return to New York in 1831; nonetheless, when Zavala's
contract was to have expired January 18, 1834, he obtained a four-year
extension.
Later Mexican Revolutions
By Christmas of 1829, Zavala had been ousted from the national cabinet
and imprisoned for a short time. He joined Santa Anna in opposing Guer-
rero, although they had favored him earlier. Guerrero fled and was cap-
tured and executed by a firing squad on February 14, 1830. Anastacio
Bustamente proclaimed the Plan of Jalapa and seized the government; and
again, Zavala fled. Charged with political impropriety, he was subjected
to house arrest, but he was acquitted by the Senate after a public hearing.
He never forgave Bustamente whom he denounced in his Historico.
The political climate was so adverse to Zavala that he escaped from
Mexico, sailing to New Orleans, June 2, 1830, then going to Cincinnati,
where he attended a celebration in honor of Andrew Jackson's visit. He
met with Andrew Jackson, with whom he established a warm friendship.
From Cincinnati, Zavala went to New York City, then to Washington,
where he attended a diplomatic dinner with Martin Van Buren and again
he conferred with Jackson. Lorenzo, Jr., was enrolled in a New England
academy. In Boston and Cambridge, he visited Harvard University for which
he held a strong favorable impression.
Zavala wrote of these American travels in Viaje a los Estados Unidos
del Norte America.10
Europe
Going on to Europe, Zavala met with Lafayette in Paris (September,
1830 and February, 1831). The two great liberal political philosophers ex-
changed ideas, but nothing concrete came from this friendship.
10Published in Spanish (Merida, 1846), translated into English by Wallace Woolsey (Austin,
1980).[Vol. XXI, No. I
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