TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
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of its notes for the amount wanted. Money indeed out of doors in :the hands of Brokers is worth 4 pr Cent pr month.- ------------- I am endeavoring however to get an Endorsee to endorse my own Draft on the worth of a pledge of the .Stock and trust I may succeeded in getting you one or two hundred thousand dollars for the Indian Campaign in this way.- I shall have to give a bonus for the rest of the endowments which will make the negociation equal to about 80 for the Bonds.- Twenty per Cent better than the amt at which they have been previously con- ditionally sold by l\fr Reilley I will write you fully by the Zavala & remain in the mean time in great haste but with sincere Esteem my Dear Sir- His Excellency l\lL B. Lamar Presdt. of Texas Very respectfully & truly Yours.- J. Hamilton [rubric]
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[Addressed]
Genl. Hambleton N Orleans 31 Mch 1839
His Excellency -----1\'I. B. Lamar.-
Presdt. of the Republic of Texas Houston
Financial
No. 1162
.1839 Mar., lVI. B. LAMAR. ADDRESS TO HARRISBURG VOLUNTEERS 00
Address T'o the Harrisburg Volunteers- •
Executive Department Houston March 1839.
:Soldiers
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The alacrity with which you have obeyed the call for Volun- teers to march in defence of the frontier invaded by a savage foe, entitles you to he lasting gratitude of your country, and will be remembered by the Executive only to be rewarded. In obeying the ,call of your country, you go wh,ere the field of glory is equally open for distinction to the Field•Officer and to the private soldiers. I feel satisfied that each one [of] you will meet the enemies of your -country as becomes free and gallant men, contending for the lives, the property and the domestic quiet of your fellow-countrymen. You ,vill be ordered to mach to the invaded portion of the Repub- lic on the Colorado, to co-operate with your compatriots now in the field. I hope that no time may be lost in reaching the point of destination. But above all things, I beg you to remember that your ,enemy is vigilant and treacherous, accustomed to the wilderness, and "°Copy. In no. 361.
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