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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU Buo~AP.ARTE LAMAR
No. 1353 1839 June 27, J. H. STARR, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO !f. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXASJ 49 Treasury Department To City of Houston, 27th June 1839. His Excellency M. B. Lamar. President of the Republic. Respected Sir. By a communication from the Hon. Secretary of State, I am informed that the sum of Twenty Seven tho1J!Sand dollars ($27000.00) will be required immediately to enable the Government to carry out its views 1elative to the Cherokee Indians- I therefore submit to your Excellency the accompanying .drafts on the Merchants Bank at New Orleans for that amount.
I have the honor to be
Very Respectfully
Your Obt. Servant
J as. H. Starr. Secretary of the Treasury [Rubric]
[Endorsed] Ja. H Starr 27th June 1839 Official
No. 1354 1839 June 29; JO[H]N S. EV[ANS], GALVESTON, [TEXAS], TO ~IIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LA~IAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS A request for Lamar's approbation for his projected newspaper on Galveston Island, "the National [Intelligencer?] of Texas" (not the Houston Intelligencer)"; the exhaustion of his means in the publica- tion of the Commercial Intelligencer ''last year." A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1355 [1839 June], THO[MASJ F. SMITH, RED RIVER COUNTY,. [TEXAS], TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE LAMAR, HOUSTON Application for appointment as land attorney for Red River County; his acquaintance with Lamar and their meeting at "the opening of Franklin College" [in 1819 ?] ; his nullification opinions. A. L. S. 3 p. No. 1356 [1839? June?], N[ATHANIEL AI\IORY, HOUSTON? TEXAS], TO [MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE] LAMAR, [HOUSTON] "Letters alluded to by Mr. Maillard"; Burnet's endorsement of Brennan. A. N. S. 1 p.
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