The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume II

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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY

wear out the confidence and alienate the affections of the people is only what we must naturally expect- This is but one way to remedy this, and that is to give the Intellegencer the same or a greater cir- culation than that enjoyed by the Telegraph- Whiting must not wait for the subscribers to cmne to him- He must send the paper to every man whose name he can get- and for this purpose it would be best to tell ]Hr Ransom to procure a list of the most infiuen[t] ial citizens in every neighborhood [and have] the paper regularly sent to them- He (Whiting) will tell you he has done this, but he has not,- Mr Jewett will no doubt see it done if "talked to" prop- erly- This I do assure you is a matter of much greater importance than you think-And I feel very anxious lest you throw this letter aside, and after the first hour either forget its contents or neglect its counsels- Send immediately for both Whiting and the Editor, and take some measure upon the subject- Mrs ]\father & Laura have both been quite sick since the.fr return- It was luckey they came down when they did~ I leave in the Zavalla tomorrow-· You are expected down soon- Good-bye

Your friend

Saml A Roberts

[Addressed] ·

[Endorsed]

His Excellency M. B. Lamar Houston

Saml. A. Roberts Galveston 24th. Mch 1839 Confidential

No. 1146 1839 llfor. 24, W[ILLIA]M BRYAN, NEW ORLEANS, [LOUISI- ANA], TO MIRABEAU B[OUNAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, [TEXAS]

Introducing Samuel Ellis. A. L. S. 1 p.

No. 1147 1839 Mar. 24, R[ICHARD] G. DUNLAP, ,ON BOARD THE ZAVALA, [GALVESTON? TEXAS?], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS Introducing Mr. Todd. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 1148 1839 Mar. 25, BARNARD E. BEE, STEAM: PACKET ZAVALA, [GALVESTON? TEXAS?], TO [MIRABEAU BUONA- PARTE LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS] Introducing "Mr. T'odd-who has been superintending the build- ing of the vessels at Baltimore-" A. N. S. 1 p.

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