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PAPERS oF l\frn.ABE.AU Buo:N.AP.ARTE LAM.AR
No. 1797 [1840 Apr.?], E)IMELINE C. HANDY BROWN, PHILADELPHIA, [PENNSYLVANIA] TO l\IIRABEAU [BUONAPAR'rE] . LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] Requesting his personal attention to the liberation of Handy's inden- tured servant, James Robinson, and to the return to her of Handy's per- sonal effects. A. L. S. · 2 p. No. 1798 1840 May 1, CYRUS JOY, GALVESTON, [TEXAS] TO l\I[IRA- BEAU] B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] On his own rejection by the Senate. A. L. S. 3 p. No. 1799 1840 May 5, U. EDWARDS, NEW ORLEANS, [LOUISIANA] TO l\L B. LAl\fAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS 29
N. Orleans 5th. May 1840
To His
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Exlly. l\L B. Lamar
President of Texas Sir •
Under date 26th. ult. I addressed You a note, 30 on a subject of vital importance to Texas; & as tis possible that note may not reach you I now give you the substance in this letter, Yr. Exclly is aware that I have lately had in my possession a number of African negros, know generally as my property. Those Africans were originally purchased in Havana, by one Jno. Edwin Sumner, the private agent of Christopher Dart. By the fraudulent management of Sumner Dart & a certain House (Commercial) in Havana, said African negros were imposed on me as slaves for life, when in fact they are only apprentises for five years. I was not fully in possession of the facts of the case until a late visit to Havana whare I learned ::>.11, The aaiJ negros are of that description known at Havana as (Amancipados.) freed, being captured by a British man of war & brought in as a prize By treaty stipulati(?nS between England & Spain said captured Slaves are sold for a term of years, to cover expenses, & at the expiration of that time they are to be restored to liberty, & their rights, l\fy object in the above explanation is to make (you) comprehend the matter as it is, The facts of the whole case have already been forwarded Her :Majesty's l\finisters, & tis needless for me to remind yr. Exclly of the Zealous tenasaty with which the English Govt. adheres to her pledges & treaty stipulations on that subject, which of all others is the most absorbing & exciting, I have enemies in Texas that are base enough Sir to attribute to me a design to bring about difficulty between Texas &
'"A. L. S. 30 This note is no longer with the Lamar Papers.
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