470 TEXAS STATE LIBRARY capable of maintaining and improving the free institutions which have sprung from our fortunate Revolution. The sword had made us an independent Nation, but it is virtue alone that can make us a pros- perous one. Mirabeau B. Lamar. No. 1933 1840 Nov. 2, JOHN P. BORDEN, GENERAL LAND OFFICE, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] Referring to Lamar the application of Levi Jones and Edward Hall for patents upon land on Galveston Island surveyed by virtue of land scrip issued to William Bryan Dec. 10, 1836, and by him assigned to Hall and Jones. L. S. 1 p. No. 1934 1840 Nov. 8, SAM[UE]L A[LEXANDER] ROBERTS, GALVES- TON, [TEXASl TO M[IRABEAUl B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] Endorsing Alexander P. Crittenden for appointment as district attor- ney of the First Judicial District. A. L. S. 2 p. ' Including appended endorsement of Ja[me]s Love and A[lbert] Sid- ney Johnston. No. 1935 1840 Nov. 8, JAMES F. ROBERTS, MOBILE, [ALABAMA] TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS Request for advice regarding the funding of a land claim agaiD:st the Republic. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1936 1840 Nov. 9, GEO[RGEJ W. HOCKLEY, AUSTIN, [TEXASl TO [MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LA1\IAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS] Relative to sending Lamar a Comanche boy. A. N. S. 1 p. No. 1937 1840 Nov. 1'1, F. A. PARHAM, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAl\IAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS Introducing R. Henderson. A. L. S. 2 p.
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