James Collinsworth and Peter Grayson to David G. Burnet,
July 15, 1836

To His Ex D.G. Burnet

Pres At. H. [?]

Washington 15^th July 1836

Sir

            We arrived here on the 7^th inst, after
having been detained, some days an [sic] consequence, of
low water, & getting aground in the Ohio River.

            [W]e omitted
no ordinary exertions, to reach this place, before the
adjournment of Congress, but by unavoidable delays
were disappointed[.]

            On arriving here, we were informed
that the President of the U. States, was on the point of
setting out for the Hermitage, and that time would
not admit of a formal interview. Under these
circumstances (Congress having adjourned and
most of the members left) one of us having had
a long personal acquaintance with the President,
deemed it not improper, on the evening of our
arrival to make a personal call, during which
we were fairly led to infer from a conversation with
him, that he had sent a Secret Agent, on the part
on the part [sic] of the Government of the United States
to Texas, with letters to the President of the Republic
to prosecute various inquiries, on to our situation internal,