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PAPERS OF :MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LA11IAR
from all personal influences in the discharge of public duty he has so many reasons to acknowledge. Mirabeau B. Lamar No. 1674 1840 Jan. 3, JOEL T. CASE, GALVESTON, [TEXAS], TO l\I[IRA- BEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] Resignation as notary public of Refugio County; application for ap- pointment as notary public of Galveston County. A. L: S. 1 p. No. 1675 18-~C, Jan. 4, M. HUNT, GALVESTON, [TEXAS], TO U. B. LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] 0 Gal,eston City 4th Jany, 1840 JI.Iy Dear Sir, I expect to set out on tomorrow, on the Steamer Rufus Putnam, for the mouth of the Sabine. The first con,eyance which has presented itself after my receipt of the $5000 for, which you gave me a check to bear the expences of the commission. I am happy to state that the surveying instruments of the U. S. not having arrived, the Commissioners on the part of that Govt had not been detl),ined by the rejection 10 by the Senate of l\Ir Sample. I shall lose no time in ac- complishing the object which both countries are so desirous to be consumated. On my arrival here I found nearly a hundred emigrants from Eng- land, who had purchased and come to settle, a part of the lands pre- posterously claimed 11 by l\Ir. Woodward, our Consul at New York. The citizens of the country, who were here on a visit, and the residents of the city, with a unanimity, I scarcely ever before witnessed, called a public meeting and passed a severe, but just sensure, on the frauds of l\Ir. Woodward. I most respectfully recommend to your Excellency to remove l\Ir Woodward from office, as he is using his official station and influence to sell unadjusted land claims, which are deemed by all who are acquainted with them, worthless, to the great detriment of one of the most important policy's [sic] of your admini::;tration viz, a noted increase of emigration. Should you determine to remo,e Mr. W. and have no one in your eye, well calculated for the office, I will recommend a gentleman, who I have known for many years, now a 'merchant, of excellent credit in New York, namely, l\Ir. John S. Briant. l\Ir B. has neither directly or indirectly applied for the office, but I presume he would accept it, and I know him to be honest and capable, and a gentleman. He was formerly of Plymouth North Carolina and married into the Haywood and Hawkins family his wife is sister to Judge Badger's Lady, &c &c and if we had negotiations of any description to make at New York, his services would be equal, perhaps, to any mer- chants in that city. I take the liberty to say that should Gen. Johnston "A. L. S. 10 See Winkler, E. W., Secret Journals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, p. 140. uSee note'" to no. 1591.
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