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PAPERS OF -MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
·No. 650 1838 Jan. 1, J. W. J. NILES TO l\L B. LAMAR
New Orleans, Jany. 1. 1838.
,My dear Sir, I have seen & made to Mr Cox the proposition you thought he would nccede to.-He appears undecided & says he shall go on & con- fer with you-my Printig Materials will be shipped shortly-con- sistg of I think 4 Presses,-the requisite quantity of type-paper &c. -I shall also I think buy a Lithographic Establishment & Book Bindrs. I shall be prepared for every & any description ·of work & am de- termined none shall 1mder bid me in prices £or work.-Mr C. thinks some of establishing another paper in H. I would not throw any obstacle in the way but have assured him it must be a losing con- cern I shall issue a large sheet & .fill it in part with the Laws which I shall have in type-thereby saving the expense of composition- I am determined to do the paper & my patrons justice-let the ex- pense be ever so much- In haste
Yours truly-
J. W. J. NILES [Endorsed]
[Addressed]
1 T'o His Ex~
Letter of J. W. J. Niles New Orleans Jany. 1st. 1838
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l\I. B. Lamar ·Vice President of the Republic of Texas · H'ouston
No. 651
1838 Jan. 1, R. M. CHAPMAN TO M. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON] Pittsfield, Mass. Jan 1st. '38 Sir I trust that the nature of the few inquiries, I take the liberty of addressing to your excellency, will excuse to you that liberty. I address them to your excellency, because equally a.stranger to all the distinguished men of Texas, I hear of you, that.you are not only easily accessible, and ready to oblige those who ask your counsel, but that you are a scholar, and still devoted to letters. Possessing learning you cannot fail to be a patron of schools. .· I purpose removing to 'Texas and establishing there .a school for instruction in the classics and higher branches of English. Is there demand for such an institution in Texas? Would I there be recom- :pensed for the relinquishment' of a flourishing and profitable busi- ness here? · · .. · ' ' ,. Of myself it will be enough_~ say; that I am at present and have long been at the head of a boarding school for boys, of no small · reputatiqn :. and that. when neces,sary, I can produqe testimonials from gentlemen of high standing in . various parts of the .United States. .I- would c~rry to Texas no prejudices . against;·her institutions;- for I am by birth, and in feeling a squtherner-a Virginian... After ,a ~. ' • • ., , <
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