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1836.]
PRIVATE MEMOIRS.
the hospital surgeon, and joined the army at the crossing,
about sundown, and proceeded -with it to Lynchburg. As a
consequenee, I participated in the battle of San Jacinto next
day and the 21st, and that night was occupied the entire time.
and until sunrise next morning, in assisting to dress the w--ounds
received on the field. I accompanied the Commander-in-chief
and the captive MIexican President to Galveston, having resigned
my office of surgeon to the 2d Regiment in favor of my
cousin, Ira Jones, who hadc joined the army a short time previous.
I was now appointed Assistant Surgeon-General and MIedical
Purveyor to the army, and sent to New Orleans to procure
supplies (M2ay 10th.) I was absent about a month, andl returning,
made my head-quarters at Brazoria. The latter part of
the summer I had a violent attack of dysentery, while on i
visit with Judge Collinsworth at the house of Col. W in. H.
Wharton, ten miles from town, and was confined. to my room
for more than two months. During this time my cousin returned
firom the army, andl in a few days after sickened and
died, an event caused no doubt by exposure and fatigue while
on duty; for he had one of the best constitutions in the world.
He had many warm friends, and his death was deeply regretted
by myself and all who knew him.
On my return, after my long sickness at Col. AVharton's, I
founcl every thing in disorder; my office had been broken open,
and every thing taken from it that was portable and valuable.
even to my saddles, bridles, and blankets. My desk had also
been robbed of what money I had. Two lawyers had " squatted
" in one room of my office, and I was unable to get them
out for several weeks; -when I succeeded, it produced a " challenge"
from my friend, the Chief Justice J. Collinsworth,
which I accepted, to fight with pistols at ten steps. It was,
however, settled, his object having been to "bluff," which,
when he folund would not succeed, he got his friend, T. F.
McIinney, to get him out of the scrape. IIe ever after, however,
hated me, and being in the habit of drinking to excess,
threw himself away, and was finally lost hi Galveston Bay the
following year. At the close of this year, (1836,) having
resigned my office in the army, I again prepared to resume my
practice, which now for some ten months had been interrupted.
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Jones, Anson. Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author, book, January 1, 1859; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2391/m1/21/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.