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PAPERS OF MIR.A.BEAU BUONAPARTE ·LAMAR
No. 709
1838 Apr. 13, STEPHEN SMITH, WETUMPKA, [ALABAMA], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON,] TEXAS Inquiry regarding the procedure necessary to recover any bounty lands due his brother, the late William A Smith, of Captain Ticknor 's company of Alabama Greys, a Goliad victim. A. L. S. 2 p.
No. 710
1838 Apr. 14, JOHN MILLER, NEW ORLEANS, [LOUISIANA], TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS Suggesting himself as suitable for a government position in the event of Lamar's election. A. L. S. 1 p.
No. 711
1838 Apr• 14, SAM[UE]L A[LEXANDER] ROBERTS, MOBILE, [ALABAMA], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS His own plans and movements; his father's intention to emigrate with his family to Texas; Lamar's and Burnet 's prospects for elec- tion; the .future of Texas. A. L. S. 3 p. No. 712 1838 Apr. 14, W. ROBERTS TO lVI. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON] Dear Mirabeau I arived at home yestserday & had the happiness to find all well. After the usual congratulations we talked over the affairs of Texas and our future arrangements in relation to setling in that country and one all were pleased with the prospect. Since I left you I have been reflecting upon the provisions of your late land law-the construction given to it by men in office, & the fraud that is :q.ow attempting to be practised upon the Govt. I hinted at this subject when I was with you but was not then fully apprised of all that was going on. I mentioned to you that I could find no law defining the boundaries of the frontier counties, Refugio, San, Patricio & Bexar. Public opinion [however] had settled upon the Nueces River for their western limit, however undefined might be their other boundaries. Beyond this no new counties were laid off or organized. It necessarily resulted from this State of things that all the territory beyond the Nueces was vacant territory, and when finally won by the Sword or conceded by treaty (if ever) would be public domain. By what rule then has the Commissioner of the Mobile 14th April 1838
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