advance the .cash on my drafts of $20,000, and advance the additional sum necessary to purchase the Steam Boat "Constellalion," build a new hulk and fit her out, with ail possible dispatch, and I be authorized to attend to the execution of the same. The contract can be executed by the Commissioners here, and delivered me, to be delivered to the applicants of the Company, on their acceptance of the terms, and Mr. Hall can receive a letter from the Commissioners, stating their terms. Allow me to say something in this communication, relative to my compensation, for my services. In my first letter of instructions, it was left to be determined on my arrival in Texas. Since that time it has occurred to me that, it may occasion difficulty, as an express law must necessarily be enacted for the purpose, and as it was my original suggestion to pursue this course, and I did not anticipate the serious and unavoidable delays that have taken place, I would now respectfully request, in order that these difficulties may be obviated, that it be fixed by the Commissioners at once- A. J. Yates. (2535] [BURNET to MORGAN]
Col. James Morgan Sir.
For reasons which I have not time to detail it is necessary the Kos tarries until your hear from me again-Y ~u will therefore detain her-Among other things I want to send intelligence of a brilliant & decisive victory now about to be had by Houston-in haste
Yours David G. Burnet President &c
Harrisburg 2 April 1836 [Addressed: ]
Col. James Morgan New Washington Texas
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