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unconstitutional laws and build good Holsome· ones on the rums thereof
Yours Respectfully Elijah Stapp
[Endorsed]
[Addressed] Texana )
Elijah Stapp
Genl Stapp
) 1838.
Nov. 24 )
Farmers Delight letter to Kerr Nov. 23d. 1838
1\fajr James Kerr
l\Iember of Congress
in case of vacancy
City, of, Houston
Texas-
No. 889 1838 Nov. 23, D[AVID] S. KAUFMAN, [HOUSTON, TEXAS], TO l\IIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAl\IAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Declining the invitation to address the Texas Philosophical Society on [Nov. 24] ; his own interest in the Society "in its infancy." A. N. S. 2 p. Superscription: '' To the Hon. Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Texas Philosophical Society."
No. 890 1838 Nov. 23, H. McLEOD TO 1\I. B. LAl\IAR
Head Quarters. Port Caddo November 23rd. 1838
Dr Genl
· "\Ve have just learned from Capt Torrant, Comdg. the Compy detached by Genl Dyer, that the Caddoes have been apprised by some white man, of his arrival there & his object-They have retreated to a cane brake, and are awaiting an attack, fully prepared for it- They are on U. S. ground, and so is Capt T-But if the Capt retreats after this demonstration, this Country will be desolated by the Indians- Something therefore must be done at once- if they are attacked, Genl Rusk you know might as well lead it, as remain here- He has resolved to go- It will be a bloody affair, as the numbers are about equal, & the Indians well armed & des- perate- If I fall, please write to my mother, & send he·r the year's pay that is due me - Reinforcements are within a day's march Your friend H McLeod
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