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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
certain that if Rusk should be put up in the manner suggested that it will be done by his own procurement. I write these things that you may know every movement of your enemies & to enable you to take such steps as may be necessary to expose the contrivers of this wicked & unmanly artifice. Should there be opposition from any quarter, you must not fail [to write] to me upon the instant, and I will leave my matters here to work for you there- Your friends here are all well and man'y vf them will visit Texas this summer and among the rest Chandler & Judge Thornton, who are determined to remove to Texas, if they like the country- :M:aj. l\fazrant & his family send their kindest regards to you, together with Dr. Smith & his lady & say if you should fail to visit them when you pass thro' lVIobile they will consider themselves as highly offended- Remember me in suitable terms to all my friends and believe me to be truly & sincerely your well-wisher & faithful Servt.
\V. Jefferson Jones
[Endorsed] T. J. Jones-
Mobile 10 May 1838 Political
No. 725
1838 May 12, W[ILLIS] ROBERTS, lVIOBILE, [ALABAMA], TO SAlVIUEL ALEXANDER ROBERTS, HOUSTON, TEXAS Inclosing money refunded by a counterfeiter; the settlement of business preparatory to the removal to Texas; his own plan to bring a house-frame, lumber, provisions and negroes to Live Oak Point; the route. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 726 1838 May 12, HENRY S. LEVERT, MOBILE, [ALABAMA], TO SAlVI[UE]L A[LEXANDERl ROBERTS, HOUSTON, TEXAS Business of Roberts, l\Iayrant, and himself; plan to visit Texas with Dr. Smith; a request to look out for land for purchase. A. L. S. 2 p.
No. 727
1838 May 13, JAMES A. lVIAYES, FORSYTHE, GEORGIA, TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAl\IAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Inquiry in regard to the bounty land due the estate of Capt. Wil- liam ·wadsworth, the writer's brother-in-law. A. L. S. 2 p. .
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