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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
da,ys under the 'hourly expectation of being murdered. Thus you see that our apprehensions of danger are not founded upon idle rumours or groundless suspicions. The Chief Justice & president of the board of land Commissioners Mr. Allen has not yet made his appearance & we have a rumour here that he ha,s gone to the States; of courne, all the business over which he was appointed to preside is in Statu- quo to the great inconvenience of such as are waiting on him. Reuben has been here a long time doing nothing but spending his money while others are attending to their private affairs to the neglect of the public. I hope something will be done for our relief. I shall wait a while longer for the formation of a board with a view of inducting Reuben into his office & looking out for a good location of our la,nds & then return by the way of Houston. If you have any warrants of survey, send them. I think I can make some good loca- tions on the bay as soon as Reuben can rg]et [into office] W. Roberts Genl l\I B Lamar [Addressed] [Endorsed] Genl. Mirabeau B. Lamar Vice President of Texas Houston W Roberts Live Oak Point 3 l\foh 1838-- Journal of Travels & c No. 688 1838 llfar. 5, R[OBERT] E [MMETT BLEDSOE] BAYLOR, MOBILE, [ALABAMA], 'L'O MrIRABEAUl B[UONA- PARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON; TEXAS· Introducing Col. Hinton, interested in land claims of friends and relatives, among them that of Dr. John W. Ba,ylor, a relative of the writer, a marty~ to the cause of Texas. A. L. S. 2p. No. 689 1838 llfar. 6, M. B. LAMA~ TO GENERAL DE CASTRO 62
General Mirabeau B Lamar, Vice- President of the Republic of Texas, To De Ca-stro, Chief-warrior and Head-man of the Lipans, Greeting;
Familiar with his fame as a Statesman and a ·warrior, and con- fiding in his attachment to the American people, the Government of Texas is proud to receive General De Castro on terms of amity and friendship, a,nd will at all times be pleased to reciprocate every good feeling on the part of his as well as ev,ery other tribe within the limits of Texas. Deprecating war as a great calamity not to be gone into except
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