Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, December 24, 1841 - Page 13
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13.
General; enclosed is a copy of a letter from the Genl marked
S. The crew of this vessel having been without
the Spirit ration, as well as Tea and Sugar, since September
during a quarter portion of which time the weather had been
very bad, and they had necessarily been worked very hard
which had increased our sick list greatly. I refer the
Department to a communication on this subject from
the Surgeon, marked T. I deemed it absolutely necessary
to procure some of each article, that I could in Campeche
for the health and comfort of the crew, and articles to
repair the San-Jacinto and some articles which I had
sent to Galveston for, and could not get, and which
were indispensable, which I did from Mr McGregor
the American Consul, with whom I have been acquainted
for several years, on my own account, he not being will-
ing to take a Draft or order on the Government, as the
Department will see by the copies of my letters to him
and his replies accompanying this, and marked U. The
copy of the Bill I would send, but the Purser is too ill
to make it out[.] [T]he amount is a little short of $430.
Learning at Campeche, that the Zavala had
suffered a violent Norther off Tobasco Bar, which
lasted upwards of three days, I determined to go and see
for myself. Sailed on the night of the 14th Nov, and arri-
ved off the Bar of Tobasco River, on the 16th[.] [O]n the same
afternoon stood in for the anchorage, and struck on the
bar in nine feet water; being to the Westward of the channel[.]
[T]he water was perfectly smooth, and the ship did not
thump once. [H]ave all aback when she went off at once.
The next day, stood in, with the sea-breeze, the Bar perfectly
smooth[.] [A]fter sticking a short time got over and anchor-
ed in the River at Sunset.
Found the Zavala and the San-Bernard off
the Town, or village of Frontera, the latter having arrived
the afternoon of the 15th Nov with the provisions for the
Zavala.
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Edwin W. Moore to Louis P. Cooke, December 24, 1841. Texas Navy Papers, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.