PAPERS OF :MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR 147 thetic of late, that when ever you saw my wife that your heart bled & that you would do every thing in your power to obtain a divorce for her, Permite me to reckomind the affair of the government to your charge as I percieve them to be in a much worse state, than my own · Respectfuly TR S [ Addressed] [Endorsed] T. R. Stiff Octo. 26. /39 Richmond Nov. 1. Free. President J\f. B. Lamar City of Austin Texas No. 1508 1839 Oct. 28, G. DUPREE, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, TO M. B. LAMAR, [AUSTIN], TEXAS 30 Brunswick Ga Oct 28th, 1839 M. B. Lamar, Esqr I Dear Sir My familiarity with your name has induced me to take the liberty of addressing a few lines to you on the subject of the Morus Multicaulis Mulberry Trees, I wish to consult, and obtain, your opin- ion on the subject of introducing them, together with the silk worm, into your republic, I have been a grower of those trees for some years, and tho' they flourish will [well] here, yet I am of opinion that they more properly belong to a more southern latitude, The trees are easy to propagate, and also of the most rapid growth. and the silk I have raised from them, this season is equal in lustre, and texture to any ever made in the world, without any exception, Should suitable inducements appear from your answer. It will be in my power to furnish to purchasers, some considerable quan- tity of the Genuine kind of trees, which has been cultivated with care, and would ensure a good crop the ensueing spring- Respectfully soliciting an early answer, I am with due respect .
·your obedient Servt- Geo Dupree. [Endorsed] Geo. Dupree
[Addressed]
G. Dupree P. M.
Octo. 28 '39
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·Mirabeau B. Lamar Houston Reph, Texas
Via N. Orleans
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