PAPERS oF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR 495 and humble efforts to establish his independence your Memorialist cannot but feell that he has some clame to the protection of his Laws A Lawless band of Ruffins is abroad; the Laws set at defiance pri- vate property and indevidual lives threatend, and in several in- stances distroyd'. To whoom then under Providence·shall we look for protection but to your Excellency: who by the voice of the people art constituted thare protector, and the defend [e] r of the Laws your Memorialist stands reddy to produce the evidence necessary to estab- lish these allegations he has made. He tharfore prays your Excel- lency to take the whole matter into consideration ·and to adopt such measures as the exigencey of the cause and the wisdom of the Exatives may deem expedient And as in duty bound will ever pray
J as. \V. Parker [rubric]
[Addressed] To His Excellency MB Lamar Houston
[Endorsed] J W Parker Beachamps Spring 17th. March 39 Applic. for Protection &c
Texas
per favor of Dr. Tos. Bailey
No. llq2 [1839?] Jlar 18, G. F. LAWRENCE, GALVESTON, [T'EXAS'], TO M[IRA·BEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Denying ever having used language derogatory to Lamar. A. L. S'. 1 p.
No. 1133
1839 Mar. 19, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE (JOHN R. REID AND OTHERS), TO [MIRABEAU BUO- NAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Invitation to a public dinner in honor of General Hamilton, Thurs- day, [March] 21, at the Capitol. N. S. 1 p. No. 1134 1839 Mar. 19, JO[H]N P. COLES, [WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE.] LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS · Resigning his office as chfof justice of Washington County and recommending Daniel J. Toler as his successor. A. L. S. 1 p.
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