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ment, an individual, 81 who had a short time before, been removed from an office of inferior importance upon charges seriously affecting his official integrity, and especially, as you must have been aware at the time yon made the appointment, that the Acts of that individual werl' undergoing an investigation, the developments of which, so far from removing the imputations previously existing against him, had thrown a deeper shade of suspicion around his conduct- That an individual against whom there exists such a general impress-ssion [sic] of official delinquency, is not a proper person to be appointed to an office, through which, there must necessarily be large disbursements of the public funds. I think you will admit, and as the Chief Clerk of your Department, must in your absence, be the acting Pos[t]master General, I cannot entertain a doubt that you will under the existing circumstances, forth- with remove the present incumbent from that office- . Respectfully,
Your Obdt. Servt.
[Endorsed]
To John Rice Jones
Post Master General August 15th 1840.
No. 1862 1840 Aug. 17, S. 0. TARPLEY, [LINNVILLE? TEXAS] TO MIRA- BEAU B[UON'.APARTE] LAMAR, AUS'l'IN, [TEXAS] Application for appointment as collector of the port of Linnville. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 1863 1840 Aug. 18, J. D. ANDREWS, HOUSTON, [TEXAS] TO M. [B.J LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS 82 Houston 18th. Augt 1840.- My Dear Genl. The dissolution of the :firm of League Andrews & co has tem- porarily placed me out of active employment; a. situation by no means agreeable to me- As such I write you to know whether there be any business connected with the Government (especially in this quarter,) in which I could be useful to vou.- ·Is the Government in want of an agent here or in .New Orleans to procure the necessary supplies for Government-?- If so perhaps I could serve you.- I have it in contemplation to open a General Auction and commission buseness in this place, embracing the buying. & selling lands and goods of every description on commission, As such the purchases of all supplies needed for the use of the Government would be of considerable ad- vantage to me in the prosecution of my proposed scheme of Business.- I would therefore be much obliged to you for a deffinate answer on this branch of my letter- As the patronage the Gove_rnment might be able to extend to me in aid of my contemplated business or in any other way, might materially influence my decision as to what business I will engage in.- Perhaps there may be some other business connected with • 1 w. H. H. Johnson. "'A. L. S.
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