PAPERS OF nfIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
No. 1317 1839 May, B. E. BEE, [VERA CRUZ, 1IEXICO], TO [R..J PAKEN- HAM, [MEXICO, nIEXICOJ 20 May 1839 .• Mr Pakenham, Sir, In the awkward position in which I find myself, I have deter- mined to enclose you a letter from the House of Lizardi instead of reserving it for a personal interview now rendered improbable. A word from you will work wonders I am respectfully Yours Barnard E. Bee No. 1318 1839 June 1, G. W. SMYTH, JASPER COUNTY,[TEXAS], TO M. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS 21 County of Jasper June 1st 183fJ To his Excellency 11. B Lamar Dear Sir On yesterday I received yours of the 13th 2 .2 and also of the 23rd ult, in which you did me the honor to tender me the appointment of Surveyor (on the part of Texas, to run the boundary line betwen the United States and this Govenment; I accept the appointment, and hold myself ready at any moment to com- ply with the orders of the Govenment in that matter Yours very respectfully Geo. W. Smyth P. S. As conveyance by mail is unsertain, I have written duplicates & shall send one by Mail and the other by the first opertunity
Yo[u]rs '
Geo. W. S
[ Addressed J His- Excellency
[Endorsed]
Jasper
Geo. W. Smyth
· · Mirabeau. B: Lamar Houston
June 1839- Accepts surveyor APTMT
Texas
'°Copy. In no. 1255, p. 3.
21 A. L. S. A copy of no. 1318 is in the Records of the Department of State (Texas), Book 49, p. 262. 22 A copy of Lamar's offer of this date is in the Records of the Department of State (Texas), Book 39, p. 77.
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