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Gen. Zavala is here and will live with me some time- Grayson and some others will be with us- There is much to clo , and it is of lite grealcsl imporlancc-circurnstanccs have made me a kind of cenlcr for public opinion, hut one man (with the laud affairs on his hand) cannot do all 1 musl be al all this expense, tho I am compensated for it fully, by the society of such men as Zavala and Grayson-there never were heller men than lhey arc J must therefore have sheets and blankets and some other things-and beds-lhe house is nol larrre enourrh lo have a ~ t, t, family-we must have private rooms lo write in, far from noise or inlerruplion- the formation of a govt. (perhaps of a nation) is to be sketched oul- The dayly progress of events is lo be watched over, and public excitement kept from going too fast, or to slow-a thousand lhings are lo he done- But you will say that I oughl nol lo be at all this expense- have I not always been a pack-horse? -J must continue lo be so a lilllc while longer-and am willing to be so for the general good. I want a barrel of sail beef-l of salt pork-some flour-some boxes of wine that Williams sent to .rilckinney for me-he said I could lake some of them. 2 beds and bedding-a barrel good whiskey-some spoons-some rice-some beans-send them by the steam boat, also if Mrs Williams can spare the oxen and wagon I wish lo keep it lo haul wood untill I can buy one-and some cows for milk, for I have nothing. I want a brick layer lo build the kitchen chimney which has fallen down in the great rain-I would like lo have one set of bed curtains-I must receive visitors and musl be a liUle dccenl to receive them-I want hand irons for the fire place and shovel and longs-in fact as housekeeping is a new thing 1 hardly know what I want- I never think of such things unlill I need them. 1 have no blankets or bedding al all lhal I know of I ought lo have some, ask i\lrs Williams as lo old Mary I shall hire a woman to hdp her- Show this to Mckinny and Jack and Lhc ladies, and among you fit me oul with something. As to lhe cost-it must go where the cost of my trip to Mexico went, and whr.rc I except much more will go-that is to serve the country if that, is well served we 8hall all uf us haw enough, for we sl{all all prosper in common and I shull lw very well satisfied wil.h that kind of compcnsalion I ask no othc-r-
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