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The Hon. Anson Jones presided, assisted by Cols : Horton and Golightly. No. 1545 1889 Nov. 27, M. HUNT, AUSTIN, [TEXAS], TO W. M. WIL- LIAMS, [AUSTIN, TEXASJ 17 City of Austin, Nov. 27, 1839. srn:-I have had the honor to receive your note 18 of the 26th instant~ on the subject of my appointment as commissioner to mark the limits between this Republic and that of the United States of America, the importance of its speedy consummation, and my services. to the coun- try, &c. I have, on various occasions heretofore, had important and arduous official duties to perform, connected with the protection and general prosperity of the whole country; and that I should have so discharged the whole of these trusts, as to give general rntisfaction to my fellow- citizens generally, and particularly those, from their locality, imme- diately connected in interesti, with which I have been charged, is to me the highest reward to which I aspire; and I thank ;you for the com- plimentary terms in which you have been pleased to impart this esti- mate of my official ·connection with the Government, by yourself and those you represent. The condition in which your county is placed, in consequence of the absence of an a:dministration of the laws, so forcibly impressed by you, adds to the anxiety I have long entertained, to see defined, officially, without doubt, our legitimate jurisdiction between Sabine and Red rivers; and you will please communicate to your fellow-citizens of the county of Red River, and be assured, yourself, of my ardent desire to settle, as speedily as practicable, the important question of the limits between the two countries; and that as little time as possible shall be lost in its accomplishment, so far as it is in my power to exercise a control for its most speedy accomplishment. With my best wishes for your health and happiness, I remain your Old Friend, ME~IUCAN HUNT. 'l'he Hon. W. M. Williams, Representative of the county of Red River. No. 1546 1839 Nov. 28, THO[MA]S GALES FORSTER, AUSTIN, [TEXAS], TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] .Application for appointment as .:ecretary of legation to the United States. A. N. S. 2 p.
11 Printed. In no. 1556, p. 3. 18 No. 1543.
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