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collecting souvenirs." The two men also argued over the distribution of $ 18,000 in specie that had been found in Santa Anna's treasure chest. Burnet insisted that the money should go to the Texas treasury, but
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and subsequent capture of Santa Anna until several days after the fact. He hurried to the battlefield, where he complained often about
Houston's use of profanity. Houston's staff "complained that the president grumbled ungraciously, was hard to please, and spent all of his time giving orders and
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to be named as his replacement. Lamar called a vote of the men in the army, who overwhelmingly voted for Huston, essentially a vote of no confidence in Burnet's decisions.
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462:Francisco de Miranda
447:Continental Congress
411:United States Senate
296:Francisco de Miranda
259:in 1836, the second
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