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No. 1541 1839 Nov. 25, CHA[RLE]S MONELL, CUSTOM HOUSE, GAL- VESTON, [TEXAS], TO N[ATHANIEL] AMORY, AUSTIN, TEXAS Requesting endorsem~nt for appointment as appraiser of the port of Galveston. A. L. S. 1 p. With no. 1559. No. 1542 1839 Nov. 25, F. GAILLARDET, NEW YORK, [NEW YORK], TO [:MIRABEAU. BUONAPARTE LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS] His own visit to Texas with Saligny; sending his work on Texas printed in the Paris Journal des Debats; its reprint in the Oourrier des Etats-Unis; his acquisition of the Oourrier; plans for its conduct. .A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1543 1839 Nov. 26, W. M. WILLIAMS, AUSTIN, [TEXAS], TO M. HUNT, [AUSTIN, TEXASJ 15 REPRESENTATIVE HALL, ) Austin, Nov. 26, 1839. ) SIR: .:_ Permit me to return to you my sincere thanks for your kind interposition in behalf of the community I have the honor to repre- sent. In accepting the appointment of commissioner on the part of our Government, and determination to devote your personal services to adjust and settle our perplexing boundary line with the United States of the North; this, sir, is another proof of your devotedness to the relief of the. oppressed. The territory which will be released or freed from a doubtful or disputed position, now contains a population of 14 or 16,000 souls, with little less than 2,000 fighting men, the revenue from which, under our ad-valorem scheme of assessment, duties, &c., will amount to 25 or $30,000 per annum: but the most important con- -:sideration, is the absence of all law; and our community now subject .alone to lawless mobs. My constituents have ever been ready to reward you for your ener- getic course, while our minister near the Government of the United States of the North, in expediting the adjustment and settlement of ,our boundary question, upon which our all depends. In conclusion, accept, sir, my personal regard for your future pros- perity and happiness. · Sincerely and Obediently, yours, WM. M. WILI;.,IAMS. To Gen. Memucan Hunt.
"Printed. In no. 1556 1 p. 3.
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