First page of a letter dated 4 July 1832, addressed 'To the committee at Brazoria', from the men holding the post: it reports on the powder, lead, provisions and muskets at the post, what is being sent to Brazoria, and the need for men and supplies. The letter is signed on page 2; Asa Mitchell is not named on this page.

Image · dated 4 Jul 1832 · source: Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers no. 153, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

How it is shown: Complete page as supplied; no crop, no retouch.

Keep in mind: What the page says: Confirmed: this is the opening page of the letter, in a clear hand; it is summarised here and not transcribed in full, and the fort is not named in the text of this page. The signatures are on page 2. Whether this is our person: Likely, not Confirmed, that the Asa Mitchell of this letter is the tree's Asa Columbus Mitchell (1795-1865): a settler of that name in the Brazoria area in 1832 fits his land grants there and his part in the Battle of Velasco in 1832, but the letter gives no middle name, age or family.

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Asa Columbus Mitchell 1795–1865