The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume II

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PAPERS OF l\IIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR.•

No. 1266

1839 May 11, DENIS E. HAYDEN, NEW ORLEANS, [LOUISI- ANA], TO l\IIRABEAU B fUONAPAR'fE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXAS] Application for appointment as architect and builder to the-Re- public to erect the new government buildings in Austin; their former acquaintance in Columbus, Georgia. A. L. S. 1 p.

No. 1267

1839 May 11, C. B. SNOW, [GALVESTON], AND OTHERS TO A.

C. HINTON

Texian Steam Ship Zavala May 11th. 1839

Sir

"\Ve the undersigned midshipmen of the Texian Navy, respectfully request to represent through you to the Navy Department, the incapacity and want of a common education, on the part of :Mid- shipman Samuel ·whiting Jr, and also his personal manners & behaviour, render him unfit for an associate and companion, there- fore in consequence of these inabilities for the office which he holds & our deep interest for the service, we have to request that you will please make them known to the Department , We have the honor to be

Yours respectfully and obt servts

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Charles B Snow A. A. Waite Downing Crisp [rubric] Chas. F. Fuller [rubric] Henry A. Cobbs r rubric] "':,V. Oliver D. C. Wilber [rubric] Judson Augustus Rowe [rubric] Josiah Hoyle Cy:rus Cummings [rubric]

A C Hinton Esq Comdg "Steam Zavala -

Ship

[Endorsed] Request of l\1idn of Zavala respecting midn Whiting,

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