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grant a contingent endowment to qualified medical gentlemen, in the event of the schools not affording a proper support? Should you conclude to give the subject a trial, it would be well to commit it to the management of some experienced medical gentle- man, & let him plan it, select his colleagues, &c. Being a stranger to your excellency, it is fit I should inform yon who & what I am. I was born in the state of Delaware-was• an officer in the U. S. army about 2½ years during the late war with G. Britain-have spent 19 years in Kentucky & 4½ in this state- am a graduate of the medical department of Transylvania University, in 1822-have been in practice ever since-am 44 years old-and have as good testimonials of my standing in Society & my profession as I wish to possess. I expect to sell my residence & leave this County this fall or winter, and have had some thought of moving to the Republic; & doubtless would, were I sure I could get into a situation, either in my profession or other wise, in which I could make a genteel support for myself & wife- My post office is Lincoln, Yazoo County, Mi. I am very respectfully Your excellencys humble servant G. F. H. Crockett [ Addressed] Paid 25 in Haste His Excellency M. B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas. [Endorsed] V. F. H. Crockett some obscure place Yazoo Cty Miss. 18th. Augst 1839 "No great things I specs"
No. 1375
[1839 c. July 20] M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] L[AMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS], TO [JAMES WEBB, HOUSTON, TEXASJ 80 Order to take Waller the money required for work in Austin; his own departure for Galveston. A. N. S. 1 p. No. 1376 18S'J July 20, W. JAMES, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO M. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS 81
Charleston South Carolina July ~0th. 1839.
May it please Your Excellency
The high interest that Texas commands now for Emigrants of all climes, but more so for those that reside at the extreme South of this Union, will certainly induce [a] great many people to start for this fine region. I am one that wants to go the ensuing fall, and I have been requested by many of my acquaintances, all ' mechanics,- to ascertain from the Person that is highest in honor, and highest in office in Texas, ••Appended to no. 1368, Q. V. 81 A. L. S.
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