PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR 413 S. M. Wms. & Dawson are quite provoked at the publicartion of the Navy contract made by W. with D !- I see Genl Hunt going up today in the Putnam; I have no doubt he will be in possession of much valuable information from the U. States.- I may be in Houston soon [and] will do myself the pleasure to see you.- Remaining Very truly Dear Genl. Yr friend
J Morgan. [rubric]
His Excelly M. B. Lamar,
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J. Morgan
His· Exclly. M. B. Lamar,
President of the Republic of
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Politeness of Col. Zavala l HOUSTON
Sunday, 13th Col. Zavala, who takes up this letter, missed getting up in the Sam Houston as he intended.- She passed while he was in bead [sic]. But my boat boarded her, and I received additional Iet- lers by her.. I thereforefore opened the letter I first wrote intending to add more this morning, but finding I had not room on that, I enclose another sheet. Extract of a letter from England. "I have found Mr. ----at last; he does not reside in the City. He tells me that if Hamilton had: come duly authorized, that 500,000 pounds sterling would have been procured at once for Texas.- I read over a list of passengers to day, hoping to find Burnley's name among them, but it was not there.- I am most anxious to hear what progress they have made with Biddle.- My opinion is, that they will get nothing from him, and God knows they want money bad enough.- S. M. Williams & Co. may loiter about Phila. till doomsday, and then go home with empty pockets.- It will be totally impossible to do anything with lands until the Country is placed in a state of security. They are as cautious here, in that respect, as they are in N. York. There are thousands of money here ; but just like N York devils, they hold it until they can get the most undoubted security.- As soon, however, as Texas is acknowledged Independent by Mexico, or so soon as she can whip the mother coun- try, then, and not till then, people in this country will begin to invest. I have a letter of the 5th. from Henderson. He imagines that his prospects brighten. If France should go to war with Mexico,
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