PAPERS OF lVIrnABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
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-dially unite in preparing the details of a bill in accordance with the basis I have stated, or [wi]th [such modi]fications as your Excel- lency may suggest- If any thing in tliis needs expanation or more ful exposition it will be considered by me a favor to have frank and full conference with your Excellency at any time it may be -desirable- · Your lVIost Obedient Humble Servt Felix Huston- No. 965 :[1838 Dec.], JAlVIES IZOD, [HOUSTON, TEXAS], TO M[IRA- BEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Communicating Huston's notice of absence on Galveston Island. A. N. S. 1 p. No. 966 [1838? Dec.?], ROB[ER]T lVL FORBES, [COLUMBIA? TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] B [UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Urging the appointment of a notary public at Columbia; the impor- tance of Columbia as a pla,ce of business. A. L. S. 1 p. · No. 967 [1838], A. LAWHON, [HOUSTON?], TO M. B. LAMAR ·Genl. M. B. Lamar Sir I was requested by Genl. McDougal to say to you that himself Watson and. Wadsworth at the time that Ward and Wadsworth left Columbus with their companys that they furnished them with an outfit of Three Thousand Dollars for the Purpose if defraying their expenses to the country Genl McDougal wishes you of consistent with your views to communicate the fact to Congress think- ing that they would appropriate Land by way of remunerating them I understand the Genl. to say that he could furnish evidence of the fact of the money being advanced Genl. l\IcDougal requested me to have an interview [with] y[ou] on the subject which I expected to have done a,t this time but on my arival here found that you were absent and have taken the liberty of communicating the subject to you by letter
I am very respectfully Your Oht. servt. Allen Lawhon [Endorsed] Genl Lochon } of Columbus Geo. no date
[Addressed]
His Excellency M. B. Lamar Houston
Texas-
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