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[Transcript of Letter from Horatio Chrisman, February 27, 1832]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Horatio Chrisman, on February 27, 1832, in which Thomas Powell resigns to allow Stephen F. Austin to take his job, as Austin knows Spanish.
Date: February 27, 1832
Creator: Chrisman, Horatio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from James Bowie to Stephen F. Austin, August 8, 1832]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from James Bowie to Stephen F. Austin, reporting that Col. Jose de las Piedras has declared to be in favor of the Constitution of Santa Anna. Additionally, Piedras has been taken prisoner and that Bowie has assumed command of the 12th Regiment of the Infantry, formerly of Nacogdoches. He also requests that Austin gather and send 20 horse, cattle, or provisions to facilitate their cause.
Date: August 8, 1832
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to the Political Chief of Béxar, November 15, 1832]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to the Political Chief of Béxar informing the chief of how a meeting of Texas colonists went, commenting that he did not pass along the chief's comments to the Ayuntamiento, and expressing that he does not see how the colonists meeting violates the constitution.
Date: November 15, 1832
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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