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P.aPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE L.\M:AR
embark in the specnlation-Dont think I exaggerate when I tell you that Texas is capable with proper cultivation to produce as much cot- ton as is made in all the United States-and that it is destined to do so at some period not very remote. The greatest speculations are generally made from small investments, i£ you wait until all diffi- culties are settled, until a free government is formed, & the peqple contented & prosperous, the value of lands will be enhanced ten times their present value-& perhaps cease to be a good speculation. · Yours 'l'ruly John T. Lamar [Addre sed] l\Ir. Thomas Ward Livingston Sumpter Cty Alabama [~ndorsed] Letter of John T Lamar Velasco Jany 5 1836 To. 289 1836 Jan. 7, TEXAS. GENERAL COUNCIL. COMMITTEE, SAN FELIPE DE AUSTI1 1 TEXAS] 11 Report to the Council upon the report of the Committee on filitary Affairs, regarding ,the proposed expedition against riratamoros. Printed. 2 p . . Appended to no. 290, p. 3-4. ·o. 290 1836 Ja1i. 9, HE1 RY SMITH, EXECUTIVE DEPART IENT°, [SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN, TEXAS]1 2 Message of censure to the Council. Printed. 8 p. Including appended documents; see nos. 289, 292-3, 295.
No. 291
1836 Jan. 11, S. HOUSTON TO J. W. ROBINSON
Be[a]sons 11th. Jany 1836
l\'ly dear Friend.
I thank you a thousand times for yr. kind, letters, and ten thousand times for my dear Cousins regards and kind prognostics in my favor. •The bearer starts in a moment and the instant that I can r [eac] h si~nted In the- Joumai of the Proceedings of the General Council, 273; reprinted In Gammel, H. f. N., Law~ of Tex~, I, 74~. . "Printed In the Joumal of the Proceedings of the General Council, 290; reprinted In Gammel, H. P. N., Laws of Texas, I, 759.
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