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PAPERS OF l\hRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
No. 1240 1839 May 1, S. HEWES TO l\I. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON]
City of Aransas l\1ay 1st 1839
His Excellency
Genl. l\I B Lamar President of the Republic of Texas Sir
Since my arrival at this point (25th l\IarchJ I have examined the several points on the Bay of Aransas, and as your Excellency informed me that the present location of the Custom House was temporary, I ·would most Respectfully recom- mend its Removal forthwith to the City of Lamar-from its Geo- graphical position I am fully satisfied that the upper Country as well as the Rio Grande trade must centre at that point.- the pro- prietors l\Iessers Byrne, Hull & Armstrong are liberal, enterprising, Gentlemanly and men of sterling worth in the United States as well as this (their adopted) Country. they .are warm friends of President Lamar, and have offered a Lot one hundred feet front by one hun- dred and forty four deep (which has been selected by myself) and will immediately erect a Good and substantial frame House, sixteen by twenty six feet, one story high, the Title Guaranteed and made to the President of the Republic of Texas and his successor in office, or such form as your Excellency may desire, Conditioned that the Custom House shall remain at the City of Lamar. No offer has been made by the proprietors of the City of Aransas to retain the Custom House, nor does the number of Houses exceed twelve and the inhabi- tants thirty, while at the City of Damar twenty Houses are under way and will be completed in less than one month, and the number of inhabitants more than double that of Aransas for further information I would refer your Excellency to Capt J ·w Byrne the bearer of this Letter
I have the honor To be Respectfully Yo obt svt Sam. Hewes [rubric]
No. 1241
[1839 c. J£av 1?]; H. ARNOLD AND O'l'HERS-TO [l\.(. B.] LAl\IAR
To his Excellency President Lamar. "\Ve the undersigned would most respectfully represent unto you, that our fellow citizen Alexander l\Iclver, was at the March Term 1838 of the District Court, on & for the County of Nacog- doches, prosecuted for an assault upon Hayden Arnold. Owing to the misdirection of the Judge, & misunderstanding of the jury the
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