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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 1213
1839 Apr. 20, RAWDON, WRIGHT, HATCH & EDSON, NEW 0RLEAXS, [L0UISI.Al~A], TO l\HRABEAU B[U0NA- p ARTE,] LAl\IAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Sending impressions and proofs of plates for Treasury notes; other plates in preparation. L. S. 1 p;.
No. 1214
1839 Apr. 21, 0. A. [ROBERTS] l\IATHER TO l\T. B. LAl\IAR
Galveston Aprail the 21
Dear l\Iirabeau Do you rememb€r g1vmg me permission to talk to you with the same freedom that I would talk to my brother and assuring me that it would gratify rather than annoy you-you do-well then I shall without any further preface in this, or any future letter, ramble on without restraint, and without method-and it rnay sometimes chance without very good sense, until you withdraw the privilege you have so kindly given me. It is natural that I should write first about what I think most, even when doubtful of its being a matter of interest to you-I have taken a fancy to come, and see you next week as papa tells you could not come with him, and probably will not be able tQ come for some time--shall I come, be not afraid of sincerity with me, I will not be in the least hurt should you think it better for me to remain until you can come-I could not come until next week, write, and tell me whether you wish me to come or not. I feel constrained to tell you some things that have come to my knowledge---- and to the knowledge of many other persons here leaving you to make what use you may think of it or pass it by as idle talk as may seem best to you-I speak of the bad conduct of Capt Hinton to his officers, tax- ing his ingenuity in the exercise of a petty tyrany that I should think perfectly intolerable to any set of gentleman in the world--especially as he is so totally inefficient as a commander himself, exciting nothing but contempt not only in his officers (who bye the way shew a won- derful degree of forbearance thus far, tho I do not think it is in human to bear it much longer) but in all who have had any thing to do with him- we have ceased to tolerate him almost notwith- standing our compassion for his wife, who sees as readily as any of us his ridiculous vanity and pompous, and unjust assumption of au- thority, while in fact he is nothing but a mere down, thei whole bitsi- ness of the Ship being transacted by a young Officer much esteemed here not only on account of his skill, and energy as an officer but for high moral character-his name is Lothrop, the second Left too is said to be an excellent officer, and in.deed all of them save this poor bundle of weakness, and vanity, the little common sense he ever possessed having been completely upset by the weight of honours- heaped on him-why he intimated very broadly that you will find him necessary to the support of your administration, and confidently looks forward to the time, when you will find your error in not mak-
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