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~o. 369 1836 May 26. TfIIO;\IA 1 F. )IcKIN •. EY, QUIXTAXA, ['rEXA ] 'l'O )!IRABEAU B[UO.TAP.ARTE] L ;\1.AR, [QUINTANA, TEXA } Inclo ing )fcKinney & William to Toby, [1836, )fay 25.] A. 0 N. S. 1 p.
TO. 370
1836 Jlay 28, R. E. I-I.Ai DY TO l\I. B. LA)lAR
Brasoria ~lay 28th 1 36
Dear Sir
I have this moment een Strode the per on from whom we purchased the ½ legue of Land- he· has determined to go to the U S with hi wife- in consequence of which he has consented to ell the other 1/2 league- I. have purchased it for the same price 500$- I have sent for Judge Ponton who ha all the original deeds (in De 'Wits Colony) in his po. se ·ion- he i now at the house of )Ir Pre - ident Burnet- on, or, near Buffalo Bayou- I expe<'t him here in four or five days from thi time at which time I mu t have the means to pay him- I have also purcha ed a ½ lea,:re for 200$ on the Rio Blanco said to be a first rate p1uchase-and a ten acre lot on thi river adjoining town for 150$ in all of which yon can have an intcre t if yon are so disposed- Be kind en011gh to write me immediately- Yrs Very Respectfully Toi )Iirabeau B. Lamar E qr. • ' ecretary of War [Addres ed] Toi l\Iirabeau B. Lamar E quire Vela co D L Woodlif Esqr ~o. 371 Robert Eden Hand? f Endorsed] )lajor R. E. Handy :\Ia? 1 36 1 36 ,lfay 29, J. N. AI,)lONTE TO fl\f. B.] LAMAR, (VELA COJ To Col. Lamar. Vclruco ('l'exn ) ~lay the 29th 1 36 :Huch e. tccn1cu Sir, In attempting to give yon . omc litll informntion in rcgnrcl to the lntc political events of my country I shall hnv to contend with two diffic11ltic., bei11g one of them the wnnt of the proper Knowledge of the in~lish lnnguagc, nnd the other the p ::ibiLity of l'Cdncing to n smnll Henle, th most i_mportnnt facts of the revolutionary history
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