The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume III

p APERS OF l\{IRABE.AU BUON.AP.ARTE LAM.AR

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I am Sure whatever you can do to assuage Mr Dangerfields feelings you will-

I am very sincerely and Respectfully Yours Barnard E Bee

Genl Lamar-

Austin-

[Endorsed]

Barnard S. Bee Washington

June 3d 1841

No. 2061

1841 July 2, R. R. BROWN, VELASCO, [TEXAS] TO M[IRA- BEAU] B[UONAP~RTE] LAMAR, [AUSTIN, TEXAS] Endorsing [Peter] McGreal for appointment as collector of Velasco; Houston's popularity and political prospects in the lower country. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 2062 1841 July 6, LE'l'TER FROM N. AMORY, BOSTON, [MASSACHU- SETTS] TO M. B. LAMAR, AUSTIN, TEXAS 1 (Private) Boston 6th July. 41 Genl Mirabeau B. Lamar President of the Republic of Texas My Dear Sir I recd just now a letter from Mr Roberts act'g Sec'y of State, dated Austin June 8th from which I extract the fol- lowing- "By the last mail I addressed by the direction of Genl Lamar a "private letter to Col Bee, a duplicate of which I forward to day, "tendering him the mission to England, and requesting of him an "immediate reply- I intended to have written to you by the same "mail also by Genl Lamars direction but had not time-I have now "therefore to ask yo[u] if you would prefer accompanying Col Be[e] "to London, or if your present situation is more to your liking, you can "have y[our] choice but we must know what it is; by the first mail "after this reaches you" He omits to say who supplies Col Bees place at Washington which would have considerable influence with me in deciding upon the alterna- tive presented-If a Judge Webb or a Genl Hamilton man of weight, Age, and experience or many others I could name were to succeed the present incumbent it would certainly if agreeable to the individual se- lected by you, be infinitely more satisfactory to remain quietly where I am without trying a fresh ordeal of the senate, which from some 1 A. L. s. 2 No. 2045.

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