A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_1836" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Convention of 1836">convention</a> of delegates from 57 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" id="mwew" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas">Texas</a> communities convenes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington-on-the-Brazos,_Texas" id="mwfA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas">Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas</a>, to deliberate independence from Mexico.