William H Wharton to Stephen F Austin, 04-07-1836

William H Wharton to Stephen F Austin, 04-07-1836 William H Wharton Project Director and Editor Andrew J. Torget Creation of XML version Debbie Liles Initial TEI Formatting Stephen Mues Programmatic and Manual TEI P5 Compliance Ben W. Brumfield Digital Stephen F. Austin Papers 07-30-2011 Stephen F Austin Unknown New York, New York Eugene Barker, ed., The Austin Papers, (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1927), 3 vols., Vol 3, pp. 326 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 04-07-1836 Programmatic restructuring and manual clean-up to comply with TEI P5 2.3.0 Restructured to meet TEI P5 standards Digital creation of XML file

Reporting news from Texas

Dear Sir,

This mornings mail brought in only one letter from our agent Bryan which I copy. It reads as follows: "Advices from Matamoros which can be depended upon represent the advancing army as 8000 strong, waging a war of extermination. 1000 men blockading San Antonio 1000 more in reserve. Grants men who surrendered refused quarter and murdered in cold blood. Our army concentrating on the Colorado. No money as yet and no advices from the government. More next mail."

If you ascertain you can do nothing in New York—do return as soon as possible. Only one should remain there. The others can do more in Moble New Orleans and at home. I send you the Telegraph. Make a handle of the murder of Grants men. Write often

Wm. H. Wharton [Rubric.]

[Addressed:] Gen. S. F. Austin New York