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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
No. 1220 1839 Apr. 24, A [LEXANDER] G. l\Ie1'\UT•T, EXECUTIVE DE- PARTl\IENT, JACKSON, [MISSISSIPPI], TO ALCEE LABRANCHE, HOUSTO~ TEXAS Asking that Lamar be requested to furnish to W. F, Willson a suf- ficient force. to arrest and hold l\I. T. Rogers. A. L. S. 1 p. With No. 1219. No. 1221 1839 Apr. 24, J. "\V. CAUTRY, CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO l\I[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Introducing Tho[mas] Priestly Cooper, son of Dr. Thomas Cooper A. L. S. 1 p. No. 1222 1839 Apr. 24, W .• J. ,JONES TO 1\1. B. LAl\IAR
Camp Austin, near the Mountains- April 24th 1839.
Dear Genl.
Capt. Davis who has been acting as Adjt. to the detachment of Volunteers under my command being functus officii since the divi- sion of the two companies, has concluded to return to Houston. He is an experienced officer and I beg to recommend him to your notice. He will talk with you in relation to the expedition under Col. Karnes. Capt. Davis is an excellent Artillery Qfficer · [All t] he frontier in this q [uar] ter is entirely quiet and the people manifest no symptoms of discontent with the government nor alarm for their own safety. I hope I will soon be at liberty to ·enter upon active duty- Lying idle in camp does not suit my disposition- I am wasting a great deal of time which might be profitably employed. My poverty requiires an early and strong effort to improve my finances-Depend- ence is horrible to contemplate in the distance, but when its chilling influences are actually felt the terror is increased ten-fold. I hope therefore if there is no prospect of getting up the expedition under Col. Karnes that the Troops under my command may be discharged early in l\Iay unless the situation of the frontier should require their presence here. The crops o[f this section] will be pitched by the 6th day of June when the people on the frontier will be able to protect themselves. Provisions are very scarce and we have to haul corn & dried beef forty miles. l\Iy orders from Genl. Burleson have been promptly & strictly executed. Do let me hear from you by the first opportunity- y our sincere friend
"\V. Jefferson Jones
[Addressed] His Excy.
[Endorsed]
J T Jones From Camp 24th. Apl-
l\L B. Lamar Houston Capt. J. L. Davis
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