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and the accounts were accordingly allowed to be audited at three hun- dred and fifty dollars per month-
I have the honor to be Your Excellency's Obt Servt
Jas H Starr
[Endorsed]
[Addressed]
J as. H. Starr
To
Secy. of Treasury Dec. 28. 1839
His Excellencv
M. B. Lamar
Present
No. 1590 1839 Dec. 27, R. G. DUNLAP, WASHINGTON, [D. O.], TO M. B. LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS 52 Washington To The President Deer 27th 1839. Sir I have had the honor of a free & full conversation this morning with the French charge l\lr Saligny, both in relation to the liberal veiws [sic] of her own Govt as well as the prospects of the loan. They are both :flattering to the character & prospects of the new Republic. I will write his veiws [sicl of the loan to the President of the U Sts · bank, and doubt not it will have influence to get some money for the present wants of the country. I see by the papers that the senate have refused to confirm 53 my nomi- nation. This will injure the country I fear, more than it can me. I say in sincerity "father forgive them for they know not what they do"-. I ardently trust that my adopted country, may never have a public officer guided in his duties with less purity and disinterestedness of purpose, than has ever actuat [e] d your humble servant. I have nothing to say of my serveses [sic] for the country both before & after I planted my destiny with the fate of the single star. They speak for themselves. The approbation of just men, is the only reward I have ever desired.- This cannot be taken from me, by any whim or caprice somewhat inci- dent to Republics. You know that I reluctantly accepted of office under your administra- tion, & nothing but public duty induced me to [a]greed [ ?] to your kind & confiding importunity. Happily for the new Republic, no imi- tations of party or power, can check in this age, the proud march of public liberty, on this consecrated continent. I hope that Heaven will preserve and protect you, for the honor & prosperity of our common country.
I have the honor to be most Respectfully
[Endorsed] Hon. R. G Dunlap- Deer 21st. 1839.
Your friend & obt sert. R. G. Dunlap
"A. L. S.
"See Winkler, E. ,v., Secret Journals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, p. 142.
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