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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 1978 1841 Mar. [13] JOSEPH B. MASON, BANGOR, MAINE, •ro [MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR] HOUSTON, [FOR- WARDED TO] AUSTIN, TEXAS Enquiry regarding his brother, Samuel Watson Mason. 1 A. L. S. 3 p. No. 1979 18./+1 Mar. 14, C. VAN NESS, SAN ANTONIO, [TEXAS] TO [M B.] LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXASJ 40 Gen Lamar- San Antonio. 14th. March 1841- Dear Sir-It affords me most sincere pleasure to congratulate you upon your return to resume your official station with renewed & restored health; for I feel assured that in your judgement and firmness we will :find a check and corrective to some degree to some of the destructive measures of the late Congress___: We have not as yet received from the West any indication of the results of the Mediating efforts-Every thing as yet denotes a continu- ance of the same state of petty border warfare which has harassed us for the last five years- Mr Daingerfield who was appointed by judge Burnet to replace Gen McIntosh will go to Austin in a day or two; and as I was the chair- man of the Committee of Conference on the Appropriation bill, I r,an say that it was the intention of the Committee and Congress that the amt. in good money should be raised for the Foreign Missions-'l'he question was discussed, and it was understood that liabilities of some kind would be disposed of for that purpose-I have been induced to say this, having understood that Mr. Burnly has brought no money, and moreover as you were absent at that time and might now feel rnmewhat embarrassed upon the matter. The appointment gave much satisfac- tion to our friends, for none was more warmheated and determined than Mr. Daingerfield, and none better qualified- I trust you will find leisure in the course of the spring or summer to visit this City, for you have many friends who will be highly gratified to see you- Hoping you may continue in the enjoyment of your restored health- I am [most] Respectfully Your Obt Srvt-
C Van Ness [rubric]
[ Addressed] Gen Lamar-
[Endorsed]
C. Van Ness
President-
San" Antonio March 14th 1841
Austin-
Favor[e]d by ) ) Judge Hutchinson)
"A. L. S. See also nos. 1808, 1824, and 1856.
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