Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, August 28, 1840 - Page 7

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Sloop of War Iguala was expected soon from France;
that they were about purchasing a French Ship then ly-
ing in the harbor, and that the Steamer Argyle was in
the employment of the Mexican Government; having
left Vera-Cruz about an hour after they got underway
for Tobasco; and having a few days previous returned from
Tampico, (she passed us on the 21^st) to which place she
had carried one hundred Troops.

From the tenor of Mr Treats [sic] letter to me (a copy
of which is enclosed, also a copy of my reply) I thought
it best to leave the San Bernard, which I did, under the
orders of which the enclosed is a copy, and in order that
the letters which I had in my possession from the
City of Mexico might reach their destinations as early
as possible, I made sail immediately, the San Jacinto
in company, for Galveston, and by the time we get
in the Latitude of the Brazos de Santiago, I will
have finished my letters, when I will send the Sch^r
on, with them, and proceed myself to the Brazos, off
which place I will not remain more than four days,
(unless I meet additional orders from the Department)
when I will return with all dispatch off Point
Mariandrea.

My not having fallen in with the San Antonio
or Brig Wharton has placed me in a disagreeable situation;
as, from the force of circumstances, I can only appear
off the Brazos with this vessel, when I am required by
my orders to appear off that place with the whole squadron

besides.

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Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, August 28, 1840. Texas Navy Papers, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 401-1311.