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tively, that the said parties shall be paid in consideration of their services the amount per month, which in the column hereunto annexed is set opposite their names respectively at such time, and in such pro- portions, as are, or may be allowed by the general instructions for the Government of the Navy of Texas, and that the said parties shall be set at liberty, and the full amount due to them respectively, shall be punctually paid at the expiration of the term of their engagement. A.nd the said Geo: Wheelwright doth hereby covenant and agree, to; and with the parties who shall severally hereunto sign their names, that in case of the issuing an order for their transfer to any other vessel, he will immediately discharge all such men, unless· at the express wish of the parties so to be transferred.-- The rations to be the same as issued in the United. States Navy. Austin, Navy Department) 22nd. Septr. 1840. ) I certify the foregoing "Shipping Ar- ticles" to be a true copy of the copy on file in this Department Augt Seeger [rubric] Chf Olk- Navy Dept No. 1882 1840 Sept. 1, N. W. EASTLAND, LA GRANGE, [TEXASl TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPA.RTEJ LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] Requesting leave of absence to serve in the expedition against the Comanche Indians under the command of Colonel Moore. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 1883 1840 Sept. 2, W[ILLIAJM JONES, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTEJ LA1\IAR, A.USTIN, TEXAS Enclosing a petition for land grants for himself and others and re- questing information regarding Texas. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 1884 1840 Sept. 2, WILLIAM JONES, AND OTHERS, [AUGUSTA] RICHMOND COUNTY, GEORGIA Petition to Mirabeau B[uonaparte] Lamar, [Austin, Texas] pray- ing for citizenship in Texas, and for land grants "under· the bounty laws." D. S. 1 p. Appended to no. 1883. No. 1885 1840 Sept. 3, JOHN CREERY, BALTIMORE, [1.(ARYLAND] TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] Inquiry regarding the fate of his son Joseph Creery, one of the Inde- pendence prisoners, and later of the Texas Army. A. L. S. 4 p.
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