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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUON.AP.ARTE LAMAR
No. ·1904 1840 Sept. 24, CHARLES L. DENMAN, NEW YORK, [NEW YORK] TQ l\f[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS Application for appointment as lieutenant of marines. A. L. S. 2 p.s No. 1905 1840 Sept. 27, J[Al\fESJ B. RANSOM, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] 'rO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] Application for appointment as secretary of legation, preferably in France; plans for military service and for literary work. A. L. S. 3 p. No. 1906 1840 Sept. 29, J. P. BORDEN, GENERAL LAND OFFICE, AUS- TIN, [TEXAS] TO 111. B. LAl\fAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS]' To His Ex'cy :Mirabeau B. Lamar Sir, gen'eral Lana Office Austin Sep. 29. 1840 Enclosed is l\fajr T. G. Westerns accountG for translat- ing titles and other documents of this office, which has been rejected by th[e] Auditor, because it is approved, to be paid out [of an] appro- priation for "compensation [sic] the clerks in [the] General Lund office." The reason for my approving the account in this manner, was that the balance of the appropriation for "Translations" . and other "contingent expenses" for this office was not sufficient to meet this amount ($440.00) I therefore considered that if the 2d. Auditor dia not feel authorized to auait said account it would be competent for your Excellency to direct him to do so. It may.not be irrelivant here to state, that inasmuch as I contemplated quiting the Land Office on the 4th July last, I was extremely anxious that the many unfinished and consequently unrecord[ed] translations should be completed and a fair showing left upon the books of the work done; for which reason two clerks were employed to assist the Trans- lator which has been one cause of the proper appropriation (at first very limited) being so near exausted. Hoping this may receive your early attention [Endorsed] I remain Your most Obt Servt. John P. Borden, John P. Borden Oomr. Genl. Land Office Sept. 29th. 1840. Relative to T. G. Westerns Ac/ as Translator &c. Com G. L. office [rubric]
'See also nos. 1901, 1902, 1903. 'L. S. •This account is no longer with the Lamar papers.
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