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Today in Texas History On the trail to Texas independence. March 7, 1836 General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna reportedly pens a letter "to the Inhabitants of Texas”. In the letter, he explains why his army is in Texas. States that those not participating in the rebellion have nothing to fear from the Mexican government. General Sam Houston writes to James Collinsworth, the chairman of the military committee of the Consultation meeting in Washington-on-the-Brazos, about the need for fortifying a point on Copano Bay and about several Indian matters (Cherokees and Comanches). Ends by asking what Collinsworth thinks of the idea of passing a resolution in the convention stating that Texas is a part of Louisiana and thereby in the U.S. by the terms of the Treaty of 1803. Portraits: General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, General Sam Houston, James Collinsworth.