UTSA James Morgan Papers

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Office of the Private Secty. of the President of the Rep of Mexo. General-in Chief of the Army of Operation

I Antonio Lopez de S.A. [?] do appear by means of this Solemn dockument before the Government ad adterim of the People of Texas for the purpose of making known thereby that, I am resolved to publish to the Civilized world the following Protest

I protest against the violation of the faith engaged in the Agreement made between me and the Government of Texas signed on the 14th May ulto and commenced verbally with the General in Chief of the Army of Texas Samuel Houston and T.J. Rusk Secretary at War, wherein the following is stipulated:

Here follows the Treaty of May 14, 1836.

I Protest 1stly. For having been treated more like an ordinary criminal, than as a prisoner of war, the head of a respectable Nation, even after the agreements were commenced

I Protest 2dly. For the treatment as prisoner of war and ill usage received by the Mexican General Adrian Woll, who had come into the Texian camp with a flag of truce, under the safe guardian word of honor of Genl. Houston and with the consent of the members of the Cabinet.

I Protest in the third place against the

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and to cross the rivers. Any delay not necessary to these purposes to be considered an infraction of the agreement.

8th

By express to be immediately dispatched, this agreement shall be sent to General Vicente Filisola and to Genl. T J Rusk Commander of the [Texian?] Army in order that they may be apprised of its stipulations, and to [this?] end that they will exchange engagements to comply with the same.

9th That all Texian prisoners now in possession of the Mexican Army or its authorities be further released and furnished with free passports to return to thier homes, in consideration of which a corresponding number of Mexican [prisoners?] rank and file, now in possession of the Government of Texas shall be immediately released. The remainder of the Mexican prisoners that remain in possession of the Government of Texas be treated with due humanity. Any extraordinary comforts that may be furnished them to be at the charge of the Mexican Government

10th [Genl?] Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna will be sent to Vera Cruz [as soon?] [as?] it shall be deemed proper. The contracting parties sign this Inst rument for the above mentioned purposes, by duplicate at this Port of Velasco this fourteenth day of June 1836.

Signed David G Burnet Jas Collingsworth Secretary of State Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Bailey Hardeman Secty of Treasury P. W Grayson Atty. General