Letters and Diaries

Title -   Dr. Grayson M. Prevost to Andrew M. Prevost from Galveston, Texas. March 16, 1846

Date -   March 16, 1846

Publication Information -   Unpublished, n.p., March 16, 1846

Format -   Letters (correspondence)

Collection -   Dr. Grayson M. Prevost papers, 1846-1849. The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Special Collections.

Call Number -   AR547-1-19

Description -   Prevost spent a week traveling from Mt. Vernon Arsenal to Galveston, Texas via New Orleans. Traveling on the steamer New York, he was delayed for twenty hours by heavy storms. He reports on the rumors that the U.S. consul at Matamoras has been incarcerated and that a Mexican force is preparing to attack Taylor’s Army of Occupation.