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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 1359 1839 July a, J. H. STARR, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO M. B. LAMAR, [HOUSTON, TEXASJ 52
Treasury Department Houston, July 6th 1839.
To,
His Excellency
Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas. Sir.
Having received a communication from the Hon. Secretary of State, calling for the sum of Twelve thousand four hundred and fifty five dollars in gold or silver, it being the amount stipulated to be paid to the ·Government of the United States, on account of the seizure, capture and detention of the Brigs Pocket and Durango, 58 and there being no funds of this character in the Treasury, I have drawn on the Merchants Bank at New Orleans at sight for the amount, which draft in duplicate I herewith submit for your signature. I have the honor to be with the highest consideration and respect · Your Obt. Servant J as. H. Starr Secretary of the Treasury [rubric] No. 1360 1839 July 9, L. P. COOKE, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO [l\L B. LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS] 54
Houston
July the 9th. 1839.
To the President ) Of the Republic of Texas ) Sir
It is absolutely indispensable that some ar- rangements should be made for the more equinomical [ sio] ·subsistance of our Navy. There are now before this Department many requisi- tions-necessary requisitions-for provisions and etc. [sic] which jf procured here in our own country will cost this Govmt. some three or four hundred per cent dearer than they can be purchase[d] in New Orleans or elsewhere in the United States. I would therefore advise that you permit me to draw a draught upon the Secretary of the Treas- ury in favour of Mr. Brannum our Naval Agent with orders to dis- pose of it in the States at the best possible advantage for the benefit of the Navy "'L. S. ••For the official correspondence on the Pocket and the Durango see Garrison, G. P., Diplomatia Oorrespondenae of the Reptcblia of Texas, I, 271, 275, 328, 332, 336, 342. .. A.. L: s.
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