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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 664
1838. Jan. 21, W. J. JONES TO M. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON] Mobile Jany 21st 1838 Dear Lamar A young friend of mine Robt. Grinnan in whom I feel a great deal of interest is about to visit Texas to engage perhaps in some mercantile adventure, and I commend him to your kind & polite atten- tion. He is one of the most exemplary young men in any country and he will be a great acquisition to your society. He, is the cousin of Dr. Smith, the son-in-law of Maj. Mayrant, who will locate himself in Texas during the spring. I am in daily expectation of a letter from Gov. Hamilton, with whom I expect to visit Texas. Should he not arrive by the middle of February I shall start without him. The latest accounts are that you have no opposition for the Presi- dencv. This is considered authentic as it comes from an intimate friei{d of Genl. Rusk, who was the opposition Candidate spoken of- 'The war & abolition fever is abating or has intermitted. Mr. Clay has acted the part of pacificator-He has sustained the South through- out, but in such a manner as to quiet the North-such at least is the present indication of public opinion in that quarter- I hope you are in good health. With the kindest regards, Your friend & Servt.
W. Jefferson Jones [Endorsed] J efferscin Jones l\Iobile 1838
[Addressed Genl.
M. B. Lamar
Vice-President of Texas
Robt Grinnan Esq)
No. 665
1838 Jan. 21, J. D. COCKE [ ?] TO M. B. LAMAR
Houston, Jan. 21st., 1838.
Dr. Sir,
Yours of 13th. inst. came to hand on Wednesday last. In relation to l\lr. Miles. it is very satisfactory. But on much the most important subject of my letter to you-the transportation of the printing ma- terials from Velasco to this place-I am left as much in the dark as ever. It has not been, nor is it now, practicable for me to go to Velasco, and give my personal attention to that business, as ·I should wish to do-the means of procuring a conveyance, or horse, not being in my power. I learn, moreover, that the expense of bringing them to Houston, by land, will be equal to their value, in their present damaged state, and that there may be no opportunity of conveying them by water. In view, then, of the condition the fixtures are in,
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