[Stephen F.] Austin to Samuel M. Williams, Mexico, April 29, 1835. *Butler's machinations to injure him. Butler's unpopularity in Mexico. Does not understand Mexican politics. Nobody does; just waiting.
Joseph Ficklin to Austin, Lexington, June 2, 1836. Commending his brother-in-law, Major [Horatio] Grooms. Served in War of 1812, under Colonel Anthony Butler. Selected by Texas committee for detachment from Lexington. (Omitted.) 363 [Austin Papers]
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*Colonel Anthony Butler, United States Minister to Mexico, 1829-1835. For Austin's relations with him, see Barker, The Life of Stephen F. Austin, 286-287.
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