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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
smothered the Constitution and bid defiance to any law save his own good pleasure. Nothing but Mrs. Riddles, consent and a reasonable probability of rendering her comfortable in humbl€ decency is wanting to cause me· to see you early next spring - Pr€sent my best Respects to the Hon .M:imucan Hunt, and Dr. Archer- Should you write please direct your letter to Holly Springs Mississippi, via New Orleans and Memphis Te. I again have the honor of subscribing myself Most Respectfully your obt svt Joseph Riddle Jr· To Joseph Riddle Junr. His Excellency Mirabeau. B. Lamar Holly Springs Miss. 10 P•resident of the Jany. 1839 Republic of Texas Via New Orleans Houston [Addressed] [Endorsed] 25
No. 1003
1889 Jan. 11, G. W. HILL, REPRESENTATIVE HALL, [HOUS- TON, TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAl\fAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Asking prompt attention to the claim of Col. James Smith. A. N. S~ 1 p'. No. 1004
1889 Jan. 12.18, J. MORGAN TO lVI. B. LAMAR
New Washington, Jany 12th. 183;)
My dear Genl.
I have received several letters from my friends in N. York of. late, containing information more or less important, in regard to our Country, France, Mexico, & England, But presuming- you are advised of everything going on abroad that is -worth noticing, I have not thought it worth while to trouble you with any news I may have heard of late. However, noth1ng w[as] said at Houston while I was there, about a French agent having been sent here incog. for certain purposes! I thought I would just mention that I have heard so, and give you an extract from a letter just received, dated 21st Deer.: "I have before spoken of a French agent being on his way to Texas, by order of the French government. Pontois the French minister here, was directed to send down one of his secretaries, or perhaps this young man. His name is Saligny-a very clever,
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