The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume II

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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR

girl, a communication will be thankfully received_ by

Your humble

& obedient servant

Julia A Stanfield-

Society Hill, l\facon County, Ala,

[Endorsed]

[Addressed]

Julia A. Stanfield

To the President of Texas,

Society Hill Ala.

Houston---

March 9th. 1839. Recommending "herself."

No. 1118 1839 JJlar. 9, 0. P. KELTON, GALVESTON, [TEXAS], TO l\I[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, [TEXAS]

.Application for transfer to '' the surgical department.'' A. L. S. 1 p.

No. 1119

1839 Mar. 10, WILLIAl\I LAWRENCE, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Application for appointment as district attorney for the Second Judicial District. A. N. S. 1 p.

No. 1120 1839 Mar. 10, E. HUGHS TO M. B. LAMAR

To his Excellency Mirabeau B. Lamar· }

Coffeeville Yallabusha Co. Miss. March 10th 1839

Sir-

Having entertained for some time past, serious thoughts of emigrating, with my family, to the Republic of Texas; I have deemed it prudent, previously to a final determination, to address you a few lines, with a view of eliciting your opinion and advice, in relation to this matter; hoping that the peculiar:1ty of my situation and the nature of my buisness, will furnish a sufficient apology for this intrusion. I am a Teacher by Profession.' I have taught the Latin & Greek languages, Mathematics. and the usual branches of a liberal education for the last twenty eight years, during the greater part of which I have been at the head of some of the most respectable seminaries of this country. I am a native of Ireland, and received my educa- tion at one of the most respectable institutions of that cquntry. I am now forty four years of age, and. have a wife and three chil- dren. The most satisfactory vouchers in support of my preten-

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