TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
This Campaign however has had one great effect, which amply Compensates for its expense, The Indians never knew they had an enemy beyond this neighborhood, nor did they beleive a white man could go to the prairies----- and when they find a wide road made from Clarksville to the Brazzos & learn from the Kickapoos that five hundred men made that road, they will perceive the hopelessness of such a contest-- They will soon scatter into small parties, & being deceived by the representations of the :Mexicans, they will probably kill them in revenge-- I found a letter here from my friend ,Vatrous, when I got in last night, respecting an application to you, for the appointment of Benj. B. Sturges as Paymaster, & requesting me to urge it upon you- I have only to say, that in my opinion the qualities most essential to a proper discharge of the duties of that office, are characteristic of Mr. Sturges-And those·are, a sense of honor, that will always lift him above corruption~if it is vacant I sincerely hope he may obtain it-he is fully [qualified] to dicharge its duties in detail.
Your friend
H McLeod
fEndorsed] H l\IcLeod
[Addressed] His Excellency
Nacogdoches 18 Jany 1839
Mirabeau B. Lamar President
Favd. by
City of Houston
Dr. Shackelford
Texas
No. 1025 1839 ,Tan. 18, WATKINS CLAY, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Receipt to H. Thompson [?] for $20 • for articles furnished the President's House. D. S. 1 p. No. 1026 1839 Jan. 19, JAMES BURKE, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO M[IRA- BEAU] B[UONAPARTEl LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Sending the Grand Gulf Advertiser, containing an article of ," a Texian" and Lamar's inaugural address, and the New Orleans Ob- server, containing an extract from the inaugural address with an editorial introduction. A. L. S. 1 p. "Private." No. 1027 1839 Jan. 19. T'. T. WHITE, SAVANNAH. [GEORGIA 1. TO J\ITRA- BEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON; TEXAS] Application for appointment as Texan consul at Savannah. A. L. S. 1 p. Recommendation by Major A. B. Fannin appended.
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