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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR
was read to the Troops by the Adjutant, I then told the regiment, that it was a joint obligation upon them & myself- you Know me well enough Genl, to feel assured that I will carry out your wishes- l\iy heart is full- Your friend H McLeod I write without a candle- [ Addressed] (Private) Genl Mirabeau B Lamar President Lieut Alexander No. 2054 [Endorsed] Hugh McLeod Camp Cazneau June 17th 1841 1841 June !21, CYRUS JOY, PHILADELPHIA, [PENNSYL- VANIA] TO l\i]IRABEAUJ B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS ' Introducing Mr. Porter. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 2055 1841 June 25, R[OBERT] E[M1\1ET] B[LEDSOE] BAYLOR, LA GRANGE, [TEXASl TO l\i[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE[ LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS Urging executive clemency in the case of William R. Smith, a young man of Austin convicted of gambling. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 2056 1841 June 27, REUBEU J'IL POTTER, BEXAR, [TEXAS] TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] Application for a government appointment. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 2057 1841 June !29, ABNER S. LIPSCOMB, GALVESTON, [TEXAS] TO M[IRABEAUJ B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS 00 Galveston Dear General 29th June 1841 The positive, and unequivocal refusal 97 of the Mexican Govern- ment to receive Judge Webb, has cause[d] an excitement in this City; a public meeting is ta[lked] of, for the purpose of recommending such active, m[eans] as may be in the power of this Government, to emplo[y.] I hope that your Excellency will pardon, me in ve [nturing] to express to you an expression of an opinion of my own on the subject, It is extremely to be regretted, that you are so much cramped in the means ••A. L. S. See also nos. 2015: 2059, and 2075. "See Garrison, Diplomatic Correspondence of the Republic of Texas, I, 500; II, 754. .
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