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[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 22, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 22, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: Need for funds in order to start remedying the military situation at Veracruz. Dismisses rumors he has said favorable things about centralism. Counsels Zavala to disregard things said about him. On news that Zavala is to resign and his thoughts on the subject. Veracruz, July 22, 1829.
Date: July 22, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 29, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 29, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: That Gaspar Antonio Rodriquez be paid the sum he used in performing a service for the government in Yucatan. Veracruz, July 29, 1829.
Date: July 29, 1829
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 29, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 29, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: On the situation at the customs house at Veracruz. On Zavala's resignation from the Cabinet and his better usefulness as governor of Mexico State. Veracruz, July 29, 1829.
Date: July 29, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna, August 4, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna, August 4, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: Announcing the arrival of the Spanish invasion and his plans to meet it. Veracruz, August 4, 1829.
Date: August 4, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 24, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 24, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: On political activity in the capital, and rejecting the idea of a military solution. Expresses continued concern for defenses. On Zavala's resignation from the Cabinet. Veracruz, July 24, 1829.
Date: July 24, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 18, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, July 18, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: On the Spanish fleet off the coast of Yucatan and the need for funds from the federal government for defenses. Veracruz, July 18, 1829.
Date: July 18, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, June 18, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, June 18, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: Resisting pressure to come to Mexico City and enjoining Zavala not to attempt to change his course of action. Jalapa, June 18, 1829.
Date: June 18, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, June 11, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, June 11, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: Nominating Francisco Xavier Savinon to the post of Commisary General of Guadalajara. Jalapa, June 11, 1829.
Date: June 11, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, June 1, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, June 1, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: Expressing support for the plans being drawn up by Zavala and others but declaring his inability to participate because of the condition of his army. Manga de Clavo, June 1, 1829.
Date: June 1, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, June 17, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Santa Anna to Zavala, June 17, 1829]

Santa Anna to Zavala: Asking that Bernardo Sayago be granted a permit to transport 300 loads of tobacco to Jalisco. Jalapa, June 17, 1829.
Date: June 17, 1829
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to Miguel Ramos de Arispe, May 29, 1827] (open access)

[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to Miguel Ramos de Arispe, May 29, 1827]

Lorenzo de Zavala to Miguel Ramos de Arizpe: On how the state government should respond to the orders given to the Guardian of the Franciscan convent. Texcoco, May 29, 1827.
Date: May 29, 1827
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, June 20, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, June 20, 1829]

Lorenzo de Zavala to Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna: On his unhappiness with his role in the government and his fears that Guerrero is being lied to about Santa Anna and himself. Wishes Santa Anna would enter the Cabinet. His response to a group that approached him seeking support for revolution. Mexico, June 20, 1829.
Date: June 20, 1829
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to Manuel Mier y Teran, June 24, 1829] (open access)

[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to Manuel Mier y Teran, June 24, 1829]

Lorenzo de Zavala to Man(uel) Mier y Teran: Expressing the confidence Guerrero has in Mier y Teran in maintaining the frontiers from being encroached upon. Mexico, June 24, 1829.
Date: June 24, 1829
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin regarding investment in California] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin regarding investment in California]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin, in which he forwards a letter he had previously written to colleagues in Missouri regarding investment opportunities in California. Austin further proposes that the Mexican government, as part of broader colonization efforts, complete construction of a canal or wagon road that connects the Colorado River in California to the Missouri River.
Date: 1828?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Emily M. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, January 9, 1825] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Emily M. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, January 9, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily M. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, in which Perry provides news about her family, the probate of Moses Austin's estate, and the Elliott family's possession of the Little Rock Property.
Date: January 9, 1825
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin and Samuel M. Williams to Horatio Chrisman, April 1, 1825] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin and Samuel M. Williams to Horatio Chrisman, April 1, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin and Samuel M. Williams to Horatio Chrisman, on April 1, 1825, discussing the sighting of three escaped prisoners at a house, and asking that militia be sent to reclaim them.
Date: April 1, 1825
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. & Williams, Samuel May
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, May 14, 1825] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, May 14, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, in which Perry provides recent news regarding his family, the Little Rock Property and other land-related business.
Date: May 14, 1825
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin to Mateo Ahumada, September 8, 1825] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin to Mateo Ahumada, September 8, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Mateo Ahumada, on September 8, 1825, discussing a rebellion begun by the Comanche and Tahuacanos Indians, which resulted in the death of an American named Dickenson.
Date: September 8, 1825
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter Concerning Native Americans, September 10, 1825] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter Concerning Native Americans, September 10, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a receipt, on September 10, 1825, of two documents from the Mexican government, one of which commands the author to gather forces and march against the Native American rebellion.
Date: September 10, 1825
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin to Mateo Ahumada, September 10, 1825] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin to Mateo Ahumada, September 10, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Mateo Ahumada, on September 10, 1825, discussing how several tribes of Native Americans may be rebelling even though other members of those tribes have already made peaceful overtures to the American settlers.
Date: September 10, 1825
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter Concerning an Indian Attack, 1825] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter Concerning an Indian Attack, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a letter, written around 1825, discussing an ambush against the Native Americans.
Date: 1825~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Two Letters from Stephen F. Austin, July 17, 1826] (open access)

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

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from B. J. Thomspon, August 11, 1826] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from B. J. Thomspon, August 11, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a letter from B. J. Thompson, on August 11, 1826, asking the vice secretary of Texas to raise a voluntary army to defend against the Indians.
Date: August 11, 1826
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin to José Antonio Saucedo, August 14, 1826] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin to José Antonio Saucedo, August 14, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to José Antonio Saucedo, on August 14, 1826, calling a meeting composed of two people from each town, with the object of forming a volunteer army.
Date: August 14, 1826
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.
System: The Portal to Texas History