The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume III

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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR

has many able writers I well lmow, but not one who is a better man- ager- My sheet is full- Love to all-afl'ectionally Saml Be sure to write at once to Genl L by some saf~ messenger [Addressed] Doct. Willis Roberts . Collector of Customs Galveston Care T[e]xan agent) ) Texas Ne~. Orleans ) No. 1477 183g Oct. 12 FRANCIS PRENTISS, AUSTIN, [TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] BfUONAPARTEl LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEX:AS] Application for a government appointment; suggestion regarding the stock commissionership. A. N. S. 1 p. See no. 1478. No. 1478 [1839' c. Oct. 12], MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [AUS- TIN, TEXAS], TO A[LBERT] S[IDNEY] JOHNSTON, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] Recommending [Francis] Prentiss for chief clerk of the War De- partment. A. N. S. 1 p. With no. 1477. No. 147!) 1839 Oct. [1]3, R. C. DOOM, PORT OF SABINE, [TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAUJ B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] Resignation as collector of the port of Sabine. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 1480 1839 Oct. 14, S. WOLFENBERGER, H. CROCHERON AND A. A. ANDERSON, BASTROP, [TEXAS], TO :M. B. LAMAR, BASTROP, TEXAS 11

Bastrop Oct. 14th /39

His Excellency Mirabeau B. Lamar

Sir, The undersigned a committee on be-

half of the citizens of the town of Bastrop and its vicinity tender to you the hospitality of their town, and respectfully' invite you to par- take of ·a public dinner. . Besides a desire to_welcome you as the· Chief Magistrate of the nation, upon your arrival on the Banks of the Colorado river on your

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