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a ooundary between counties- even were this so-he would have been justified in enforcing a conditional boundary to have been sur- veyed which would have put a stop to aggressions and the consequent conflict, in a very great degree,- ·with many others my rights and claims are disturbed and invaded Surveys made on the East side of San Jacinto in June 1838 have been resurveyed and literally cut up- lines have crossed the river into old deeded land on the west side and no regard pai_~ to the river as a colonial divisional line- At the time I made my first complaint to 1\Ir B my surveys were not affected- and my representations to him had no other personal concern than the apprehension that mine as well as my neighbors might be subjected to infraction-In almost every instance of a resurvey by the Harris- burg Surveyors within our County they were apprised by the parties thereto that they were in wrong and out of their county- to which however no regard was given-
Trusting for your Excellencys consideration of these matters and relying upon your indulgence for the liberty, I have the honor to offer by most profound respect & personal regard and am your Excellencys l\Iost Obt Servant Charles B S'tewart [rubric]
l\Iontgomery
April 25, 1839-
[Endorsed]
[Addressed]
His ~xcellency M. B. Lamar
Chas. B. Stewart
April
25, '39
No .. 1225 1839 Apr. 27, l\I. HUNT TO l\I. B. LAl\IAR, [HOUSTON'] -;\T avv Denartment Houston Ap,ril 27th 1839.- Sir. I have the honor to present to your Excellency a copy of a cor- respondence of Mr S. F. B. :Morse and myself which occured during my residence as l\Iinister at vVashington, in which that gentleman tendered the perpetual use of his Electro 1\Iagnetic Telegraph to this Republic; likewise an original letter, accompanied by a drawing of the Electro 1\Iagnetic Telegraph, so far as it was then completed, with a request that they be placed for the present in the secret archives of the Nation, I have the honor to be your Excellency's Obdt Servt. To/ l\lemuran H11nt His Excellency l\I. B. Lamar l Secretary of the Navy. President of the Republic of Texas. ~ [Endorsed] 1\Temucan Hunt, April 27, 1839,
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