The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume III

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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY

from one who you know well is no office-seeker; no speculator, no parante of present cheer, but a love by virtue and virtuous men, and the untiring upholder of your glory and happiness. I write to you, not as a partisan; but as a friend to Texas, and still more devotedly if possible, your personal, y()ur devoted friend. May Heaven grant you long life, ample opportunities of suppressing evil, & advancing good, & the just meed of patriotism; the admiration and love of all men, in all ages, & nations, where civilized men may abide. · · In great haste, your friend & fellow citizen Henry S. Foote P. S. It will not fail to be discovered, that· the statements made abov[e]; are of a general nature, not descending to particulars, and avoiding those discriminations as to persons, which actual observation alone can authorize. The accusations reciprocally engaged in here; I, of course, have nothing to do with. The general fact of robbery & violence is that which I vouch for; & that is undoubted.

H. S. Foote

[Addressed]

[Endorsed]

H. S. Foote Sep. 15. /39

Texana ) Sept 26th. 1839 )

His Excellency Mirabeau B. Lamar President of Texas--- Houston Texas No. 1450

1839 Sept. 15, W[ILLIA]M VICTOR WALSH, NORFOLK, VIR- G:INIA, TO [MIRABEAU BUONAPARTEJ LAl\fAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS Application for a lieutenant's commission. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1451 1839 Sept. '16, A. HEN[RY], CINCINNATI, [OHIO], TO l\fIRA- BEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS On a patent desired for a lot on Galveston Island presented by the writer to his niece, Elizabeth :Mansfield McGuffey, daughter of Dr. D[aniel] Drake, one of the committee that sent the "Twin Sisters,'" used at the Battle of San Jacinto. No. 1452 1839 Sept. 17, L. HARPER, POISSY, FRANCE, .TO MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS 75 Mr. President, I address you in the name of a number of French families who wish

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