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ing- I havr hrcnty five volentrers to send to you so nothing more only your Friend
Bole
[Endorsed] Copy of a letter To l\faj. Horton Bole to Horton Surveyor
No. 856 1838 Oct. 27, J. W. ROBINSON T'O M. B. LAl\IAR
Gonzale·s Oct. 27, 1838.
l\ly Dr. friend,
I have stoppd, my friend Don. Jose Antonio Navarro, to drop you a line by him. On this frontier you will learn by him, & the other members of Congress of [the] many outrages and nmr- ders. committed [by both] 1\Iexican & Indian foes- while holding Court recently at Baxer, I was called upon to adjourn the same, & go & fight the Camanchees who killed 10 of our number (12). I never in my life performed so mo.urnful a service as a funeral ora- tion over there grave, & then [Te] turned to finish the buisness of the court. I adjourned the court at this place this month to go in military array .against the Indians. & the same at Victoria cy.- Families are leaving here, for the Brassoss &c. & we must give way if not immediately supported by a military force. You my friend are our hope & in you we have confidence- If your administration opens with .an ample plan of defence for the frontier, & for a vigorou [s] prosecution of the war with Mexico, I will predict, that it will not only be one of the most popular, but one of the most useful and & [sic] one that will be remembered, when the preceed- ing one will be forgottrn, or if named only to be execrated by every frontirr man, woman & child, & every friend to humanity Many of my friends are anxious that I should be a candidate for the office of Chief Justice of the Supreme court. I can truly say to you very frankly that it is an office that I. do not desire, I know the thorns of office.& the great [re] sponsibility of that station. I think it one [th] at ought not to be Rought, hut when the same is freely given not to be declined. I want no office whatever, but to he left to imploy my remaining days between my farm, and my profession. both of which I passionately admire- I remain your sincere friend.
James W. Robinson [rubric]
Hi8 Excellency M. B. Lamar r Addressed) To.
rEndorsed] Hon. ,Tamrs, W Robinso f nJ Gonzales Octo. 27-1838
His Excellency Mirabeau B. Lamar City of Hom;ton - Pr Don A. J. Navnrro
Texas
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