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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
System- & know personally many Teachers, & others interested in Education. I am expecting to visit the States on the ·Mississippi this season- & possibly could also visit Texas- if requested &c. My address. will be for the present at Boston, l\fassts. I can refer to Governor Everett of Massachusetts-- Governor- Jenison of Vermont- Professor Deane of Albany; Doctr Holmes of Winthrop Maine; Revd Mr Thurston of "\Vindsor, Vermont; J olm Neal Esqr of Portland Maine; Revd Professor Brooks of New York;: Honl. A. H. Everett, John Reed & Governor Lincoln of Massa- chusetts. Also to the Honorable William Cost Johnson of Maryland, & The Commissioner of The General Land Office at Washington City. You have a friend in New York, I believe with whom I once; had a slight acquaintance at Boston- Major Norton; but, on this. subject- we have never conferred. I kno-w the venerable Judge ·white of Tennessee- & could probably refer to many others in the· Union-should you wish testimonials. If you think it worth while· to favour my project & wish to write me- please to subscribe your letter & address it to the care of George Hallet Esqr merchant Boston-Mass. I trust Sir, that no apology will be necessary to You on a s[ubjec] t so vitally important to the happiness & pros- perity of a Free people. Occupying some of the best Territory & enjoying the finest climate- & located in the most commanding position on our Continent, I look forward with pleasure to the period when Texas will be to the Nations of South & North Ameri- ca, what New York State is to the people of our own East & "\Vest. I behold with delight the progress of moral & intellectual improve- · ment towards the sunny regions of Mexico & South America. I sincerely pray Heaven to grant you & the d4stinguished Govern- ment with which you are connected all its light & diredtion & best providential blessings in laying the foundations of a great & glorious Empire. I truly wish you a rapid accession to your population among the best instructed & most enlightened Nations of the Earth. And that in all those Institutions which contribute to the civeliza- tion and advancement of Nations, and races of men, Your Republic may abound- so that she shall become a light to the nations beyond her. The pregress of settlement by the Anglo Saxon race- toward Cali- fornia & Columbia River will depend much, [in] my view, on your Suc- cess; and before the close of the present Century- will I trust have· planted1 the Standard of Freedom & Virture on the shores of the Pacific- from the Settlements of Russia to the ancient settlements. from Spain.
Very respectfully
Your friend & servant
Samuel Whitcomb Jr [Endorsed]
[Addressed] For
Saml Whitcomb Jr Springfield Vermont 21st. Mch 1839
His Excellency
The President of Texas
at Houston
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