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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuONAPARTE LAMAR
No. 1023
1839 Jan. 18, M. HUNT 'I'O M. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON} Navy Department Houston 18th. Jany 1839 Sir I have the honor herewith to submit for your consideration the .statement 35 of E. E. Dibble and friends for advances of money made to the officers and men of the Schooner Independance whilst in duress at Matamoras l\Iy predec [ e J ssor asked the attention of the ex President to the subject on the 13th. Nover. 1837. in the following terms. "Whilst the officers and crew were confined in prison at :Matamoras, cash wa& advanced, to keep them from actual starvation, by persons whose· names are appended in document marked C. " 35 I take the liberty to request of your Excellency the adoption of such a course, in regard to this magnanimous and timely advance of funds, for the· suffering officers and men in the service, as will secure to l\fr. Dibble and his friends, a just and speedy reimbursement
I have the honor to be Your Obt Servt Memucan Hunt Secty of the Navy [Endorsed] Communication from Sec of Navy to repay E E Biddle & others 18th. Jany 1839 Official ~
[Addressed} To His
Excellencv
l\I B Lamar
President
of Texas
No. 1024 1838 36 Jan. 18, H. l\IcLEOD TO l\L B. LAl\IAR
Nacogdoches Jany. 18th. 1838 36 Dr. Genl- I got here last night & write in haste by Dr Sackelford who is now in the saddle- I will come down in a few days with Genl Rusk, but I am really so "used up" now, that I cannot lindergo the fatigue- I've been riding so long, that I have almost become a 'Ce:ri.ta'ur, at least I feel lost, when I have to propel myself- ' ' \'v e were misled on the prairies by the Kickapoo Indians, who guided us to the Brazzos, when the enemy was really below us on the Trinity-(at least so the prisoners say who have recently escaped from them)-but in comparing dates, the hostiles had time to have gone to the Brazzos between the time of their escape, & our arrival at the Trinity,-nor did we discover any sign of Indians in numbers so great as they are represented, tho' we were within ten or fifteen miles of the place, where they are said to have been camped. .,No. 617. ..This date should be 1839. Cf. the endorsement.
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