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Daniels, or you can unite should your force not be sufficient to move singly James Kerr [rubric] On Thursday they Killd 4 men and 4- Negroes in Victoria and wound 3 men- Several men missing- On friday- Killed Col P. Cald- well-and 9 others- near the Town- we are Scarce of powder and lead. [ Addressed] To- Col. J no H Moore La Grange [Endorsed] J H Kerr to John H Moore. Aug 9, 1840.- Containg Account of .fall of Linville &c- No. 1856 1840 Aug. 10, G. S. McI&TOSH, PARIS, [FR.ANOE] TO M. B. LAMAR, A USTIN, ['rEXAS]7 6 Paris, August 10th 1840 My Dear General I wrote you some months ago, 77 expressing my gratitude fOT the confidence evinced by you towards me in conferring on me the appointment of Charge d'Affairs for .our Republic to this Court, and at the same time expressing a hope that my Commission and letters accrediting me to the Court would not be long delayed.-! had before learned by letters received from Genl Henderson, that as early as Feb- ruary last, these papers were being prepared but not completed, and that I might confidently expect them at an early date, together with the authority necessary to enable me to make application for our recogni- tion, and to form Commercial Treaties with Belgium and such other European Powers as we might find disposed to treat with us.- Ac- cardi [n]gly, I have ever since been in the daily hope of receiving them, but hitherto I have been 4isappointed.-Up to this time I have not received a line from any Member of the Government, and my appoint- ment itself, I have learned only through extraneous sources.- This I doubt not, has been the result of oversight and that among the numer- ous and more pressing calls upon the time and attention of the Govern- ment, this subject has been overlooked; but as my position at this Court is rendered rather awkward and undefined for the want of my Commis- sion, I hope I shall be excused my dear General in again urging the subject upon your attention, and beg that if not already forwarded, it shall not be longer delayed- I think it very important likewise that powers should be vested either in me or some other person to make application to the other Powers on the Continent of Europe for the recognition of our Republic- The Belgian Minister at this Court has had authority from his Government for nearly twelve months to enter into a Treaty with us, and I make no doubt that several other Powers would be equally willing to meet any advances upon our part.- Eng- land for the present is, I think out of the question- I have no_douht
"A L. S. See also n:os. 1808, 1824 and 1979. 17 This letter is no longer with the Lamar Papers.
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