SECRETARY AND TREASURER: COLYER MERIWETHER, Ph. D., Washington, D. C ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL: (In addition to the above-named Officers): Professor KEMP P. BATTLE. Colonel R. A. BROCK. Professor R. HEATH DABNEY. Professor JOHN R. FICKLEN. Professor CHAS. LEE SMITH. Professor W. C. STUBBS. STEPHEN B. WEEKS, Ph. D. Prof. GEORGE P. GARRISON. No. 1, JANUARY, 1904. Texas Revolutionary Documents, Southern Traveler's Diary in 1840 (continued), First University Planned for America (U. S.), by J. S. Flory, No. 2, MARCH, 1904. Janney Genealogy (to be continued), by Miles White, Jr., No. 3, MAY, 1904. Janney Genealogy (continued), by Miles White, Jr., No. 4, JULY, 1904. Journal of James Auld, 1765-1779, Long's Discovery of Anesthesia, by C. H. Andrews, PIONEER MUNICIPALITIES IN TEXAS REVOLUTION. MINA1 AND SAN FELIPE.-DOCUMENTS, 1835. MINA MEETING.2 [According to Yoakum and Brown, historians of Texas, the independent organization of that department started with the local Committee of Safety. To Mina belongs the honor of the appointment of the first one, on May 8, 1835, at a meeting of the citizens, to be followed by another on the 17th of same month, which added two members to the original number, raising it to five in all. On this latter date, Gonzales and Viesca, municipalities, also chose committees, but there had been, so far as known, no "consultation" among these three, action in each case being "spontaneous." Unfortunately the Association has no document on any of these four assemblies, but the later ones, giving something of the spirit of this fore-runner for the freedom of Texas, seem worthy of publication. San Felipe, while not entering the field of agitation as early as Mina, was more prominent after the upheaval began. Perhaps, by reason of its central position and by reason of Austin's efforts there, it became one of the leaders, adding great momentum to the cause. Although some of the following documents have already made their appearance in print, it was in a newspaper, not readily, accessi 'Mina, an important frontier point at the time, on the Colorado, 100 miles from Matagorda; it is now known as Bastrop, though there is a Mina postoffice. San Felipe, also one of the larger settlements, was on the Brazos 70 miles above Columbia, near centre of the State. 'From Sp. Ms., Bexar Archives. |