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servic~s & civil public occupations to the full satisfaction of the con- cerned government, & that I have to expect the best reception of the said courts, be it in a private character or otherwise. Accounts of every remarkable conversation & sentiments expressed, would be sent regularly to the Executive. Here I must have the opportunity to make the necessary mony to go to Europe, where I shall get by rich relations the means to appear with decorum & even splendor in my self-chosen mission.
The following documents I add. my patent as Officer of Artillery of His Prussian Majesty . dd. Berlin. April. 1817. Testimonial, to have served during the campaign of 1813 & 1814 d. d. Berlin, 20 Jul. 1814. To have received a military badge of honor, Jan. 1815, for bravery in the many battles Testimonials of His Royal Highness Prince August of Prussia, that after I had frequented the 1st. class of Royal Officers of Artillery & Engineers at Berlin-I had his full satisfaction & excelled in 'arts & sciences': That after 11 years' military service I was made a member of' His Bavarian Majesty's Society of Internal improvements. Testimonials of the Prussian Consul at New-Orleans, that accord- ing to all my original documents I were an honest man & some- what of an Engineer of the 1st. Class. My Pass-port from the Prussian & French Government, leaving Paris, d. May 19th. 1836.
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No. 1739 1840 Mar. 1, "MANY CITIZENS OF JASPER COUNTY" TO M. B LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXASJ 82
Jasper Co. l\Iarch 1st. 1840.
To His Excellency M. B. Lamar-
Your petitioners upon the following premises beg leave to represent to your Excellency the importance of an additional issue of Treasury notes, 'iVhereas-At a late session 83 of the Honle Congress of this Republic, a certain additional duty &c- was laid upon every thing moveable and immovable within the territorial limits of this Republic and whereas the Hard Times are mani:ffstly increasing daily from this as well as other causes to tedious to mention-And your peti- tioners being good honest and poor citizens loyal to the governmrnt may of whom hav shed their blood, to defend it, and all are willing to shed their Blood to maintain it, Now therefore the premises being considered your pelitioners humbly pay of your Excellency in consideration thereof and further that this Rep. is rich in many things enough to justify the said measure to issue or caHRe to be issued a further Series of Treasury Notes to serve us in "D. ••Fourth Congress. Act printed in Gammel, H. P. N., L~ws of Texas, II, 200.
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