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of forming a party to thwart your administratioin. He Scorned Such a course, if his own had been clogged by unprincipled men, it would afford him no gratification to see yours suffer from the Same cause-- That in his farewell to the Country he would avow these sentiments, denounce Such men, and in terms he said that would be understood. And invoke for you the full confidence & patriotic Support of th6 Country- I could not repress the emotions of' admiration, such sentiments were calculated to arouse & I rose & gave him my hand, saying that I felt proud of being the or[gan] of such sentiments- I hope for his own sake as well as yours he is sincere- I owe Jones $100 borrowed money, I wish you would say to him that there is a plenty due me, & I will refund as soon as I get down to Houston- General Rusk has gone to San Augustine to order out the Militia there- Now if you please occassionally drop me some missive of your remem- brance, a correspondence entirely on one side, is a very dull affair I assure you- I understood your family had arrived-Please present my compli- ments General M. B Lamar Truly Yours
Col. Hugh McLeod [rubric] [Endorsed] Col. Hugh McLeod
[Addressed] General M. B Lamar
V. P. Rep of Texas Houston Texas Favoured by Major Riley
Nacogdoches 22 Oct 1838
Major Riley who bears thus, is Genl Rusk partner-He was in the action, & can give you a great deal of information about the Indians of this Country No. 847 [ 1838 c. Oct. 23 ?], D. G. BURNET, [HOUSTON?], TO l\f. B. LAMAR Tuesday Mong. My dear Sir Let me draw your attention to one gentleman of unex- ceptionable character and high qualifications for the office of A tty Genl - I mean Judge John Scott of this City-He is a profound lawyer an honest man a warm patriot, and has been during the can~a~ a zealous frie~d - There is but one objootion to him and that is 'locality - Think of him when casting these matters over in Your ~ind - I cannot refrain from again presenting to you the Galveston Collector - Do not be hasty to disturb that honest, faith- ful officer - and do not be in haste to prornise on. that subject - Col
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