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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
No. 685
.1.838, 111ar. 2, SAMUEL C. DOUGLASS, BRAZORIA, [TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, [TEXAS] An offer from 1\Ir. Hoskins to buy a negro boy from Lamar, pa,y- ment half down in "star money," half in six months; advice as to sale of a negro girl. A. L. S. lp.
No. 686
18[38?] lllar. 3, THO fl\IAS] R. STIFF, FORT BEND, [TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, [TEXAS] A piece "sticking 1:o the Telegraph" [Feb. 17, 1838] with Lamar's na,me signed, left at Mrs. Long's with the name of the author; his -0wn and Mrs. Long's wi11h for Lamar to '' give the gentleman hi~ just dues"; personal movements. A. L. S. lp.
No. 687
1838, Mar. 3-.'5, W. ROBERTS TO M. B. LAMAR
Live oak Point 3d. March 1838
Dear Mirabeau. I regreted leaving Brazoria without seeing you immediately on my departure. After I had taken the resolution to set out in company with two gentlemen who were riding my roa,d I immediately got ready & called by your house to see you, but as you were not in, and my company impatient to be off I was compelled to move with them or lose their company. I could not think of any material busi- ness about which you might wish to communicate with me, & hope that no detriment or inconvenience will result to you on a,ccount of not seeing me again. I had a most uncomfortable & tedious journey to this place & tho I have been here one week have had no direct conveyance of a letter nntill now. Tomorrow morning- a boat leaves here to l\fatagorda whirh will carry this letter thus far from whence I hope it will find dispatch by mail. Reuben has not committed himself in any manner with any person here. He had given bond before I arivc<l: but as thne was no board of land commissioners yet formed in this county he had been advised to have it approved in an adjoining cbunty & had in pursuance made one appointment only of a deputy who had gone m1t to work. Upon learning these facts I advised him to call in his deputy & suspend further operations untill he could have his bond approved in his own county, deeming it important for him to comply strictly with the letter of the law, not only on his own ac- count but for the interest of all concerned. He has been absent on this errand seven days & I am becoming uneasy on his his [sic] ac-
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