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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LA:\IAR
assis [t] her to do so- indeed from the crowd around my office since my aITival to hear• the news from Texas, I could carry out a Steam Boat load if they· were able to go- If Genl Hamilton is successful in his negotiation for the loan and that he will, I feel well assured, as little Texas seems now to be £he pet of Providernce, her currency will be placed on such a favorable and prosperous footing, that hu:ndreds of Thousands will flee from the distress here, to find an asylum from trouble & the sheriff amidst the flowery lawns & rich lands of Texas~ I saw Davis a few days after my arrival and deliverd your mes-· sage to him in relation to your partnership land- I shall be pleased to hear from you whenever you have leisure from your arduous duties to write- Your friend, 'Phos. G. Gordon N. B. l\Irs. G01,don begs to be remembered to Genl Lamar-
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Thos. Gordon Columbus Geo. Apl. 1839 Private
No. 5
Paid His Excellency
l\Iirabeau, B. Lamar Houston Texas
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No. 1198 1839 Apl'. 14, J. S. JONES TO l\I. B. LAJ\fAR
In Camp near ·webber's on the Colorado River- April 14th 1839.
dear Genl.
I embrace this opportunity to give you some intelligence respect- ing our march thm far. The men under l\Iaj. Jone's command (ex- cepting some five or six) have acquitted themselves in a manner sol- dierlike, and deserving the approbation and esteem of the President antl his Cabinet. "\Ve are now upon the borders of the extreme northern settlements and we have not yeti heard or seen anything of the enemy. Our little Army of Volunteers are greatly disappointed in not meeting them and seem delighted with the idea of pursuing them over the/ mountains. "\Ve shall take up the line of march to morrow for "\Vaterloo a small village at the foot of the mountains, where I think it probable we shall remain in Camp-protecting the frontier when necessary until ordered to form a junction with the residue of the men designed for the Santa fe expedition-"\Ve are marching through a beautiful, country- Its face presents. a scene of grandeur and magnificance rarely if ever witnessed I immagine in any other part of the Ameri- can Continent- Owing to the frequent alarms spread: through the Country recently from the inroads of the Indians this fair portion of our Republic is but sparsely settled. Many houses are deserted & property repidly hastening to destruction. 34-L!brary.
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