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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAl\fAR
of negotiation-& afford reasonable ground to Hope-which however must never be felt or acted upon as more than a hope untill we inform you the thing is done-which of course we will do, at the earliest pos- sible moment we are a1lowed to do so- In conclusion, all that I can say certainly to your Excellency is, that if any amount of my time & exertions can a·ccomolish the object which we all have so much at heart-and which I have been so long attempting to accomplish-can achieve it, it shall be achieved-and that in any event I am with sentiments of the highest respect & esteem
Yr. Excellency's obtd. svt.
AT Burnley
[Endorsed] A T Burnley, Loan Commissioner
paid
[ Addressed J To his Excellency- 1\l. B. Lamar Austin Texas Care of
April 25th. 1840
(New York.)
)
Wm. Bryan
) Texian Consul ) New. Orleans )
No. 1791
1840 Apr. f28, C. DE l\IORSE, STOCK CO)BIISSIONER'S OFFICE, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] T(? l\I. B. LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXASJ 21 Stock Comrs. Office Austin, April 28th. 1840 To His Excellency Mirabeau B. Lamar Sir The Secretary of the Treasury being absent and there being a pressing necessity for the services of an additional Clerk in this Office, I have taken the liberty of addressing your excellency upon the subject.- There have been employed in the Office previous to the present year, two & three clerks at a time, notwithstanding which the papers of the Office were in most wretched confusion, & there was a total d-isagreernent from the first opening of the office between the boolcs and papers.-To remedy this, and make a true report to the Treasury Department, & to establish a correct train of business, the undersigned has given [the] duties of the office such attention as was proper for him to do, & the present clerk has laboured incessantly; long after the hourB of business prescribed by the Department, notwithstanding this, the records of the office are but partially regulated, & the accession of daily business under the act of last congress, renders rapid progression im- possible. · By the act 28 of the last congress regulating the duties of the Officers of the Treasy. Deparmt., the Stock Commissioner is required to have a
"L. S. "Printed in Gammel, H. P. N., Laws of Temas, II, 274.
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