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tion- I have no doubt but that the report is correct You may rely on the information of the bearer
Your Friend D Y Portis [Endorsed]
[Addressed] Bexar Dec 4. /38
D. Y. Portis San Antonio 23rd.. Nov. 1838
To His Ex. M. B. Lamar Houston Texas
No. 887 [1838 c. Nov. 23], CITIZENS OF JACKSON COUNTY. RE"COM- lVIENDATION TO CONGRESS OF E. STAPP FOR CHIEF JUSTICE OF JACKSON COUNTY Republic of Texas County of Jackson To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of Texas in Congress assembled We the undersigned Citizens of the County of Jackson would respectfully ask leave to Recommend· to your Honorable Body the appointment of Elijah Stapp to the offic.e of Chief Justice for the County of Jackson in place of the Honorable Patrick Usher resigned W. S. Statton Wm Birdwell G R S Bellep William Alley [rubric] Samuel P Midleton W. C. Edwards James G White J Stone Aaron C. ·white Jno Buchanan John M. White [rubric] Russel. Wood Bradford G Jenkins Jacob fifer John Davis Joshua .Williams [rubric] Lafayette Wa.rd Thos. H. l\foINtire Edward Beaty [rubric] Peter White George H Hall Samuel MCullock J C Eccles- Felix B Earnest A. l\L Clare Joseph Evans Edward. L. Mills Joseph Wm. Looney S Hatch Wm. Ryan ,Jonathan Scotts John Alley Wm. R. Hensley Jonathan Vess E. R. Jones William Vess Benj Whetson Loften Vess Robert Melby Rufus E Brown Paul Scarbrough James Newcom John Andrews Samuel Sheepe Tobe Williams Peter Rockfeller William Millican Napoleon B Thompson Caleb Wellborn l\falkij.ah Williams Samuel C. Rogers Thomas. J Nicholson P G Millican
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