The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume III

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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR

Gang of desperadoes on our frontier perfectly regardless of the rights of any one, robbing indiscriminately and not wishing to know or hear of any Orders to the contrary-if this State of things continue we shall be compelled to give all up fot lost at this place, but if your Excelly should determine to station men near the Nueces under a responsible Officer we shall be pleased to coopperate with them for the benefit & credit of our Country; otherwise a band of robbers Texians will soon be in possession of the fairest portion of the Country- A Mr. Davis a nephew of Mr. Dimmitts arrived here a few days ago from :Matamoros he states (altho' much confidence cannot be placed in his statements) that 300 men had gone on to the little Colorado to re- cruit their horses preparatory to coming to this place- Again allow us to impress upon you the importance of sending a com- pany of men under a good officer into this neighborhood, & any assistance we can render them in the ¥.:ay of Beef or horses will be readily done on our part- We are sorry to say that the :Mustang we ' intended sending you es- caped the other day- but we hope shortly to be able to procure another one that will suit you- With sentiments of the highest respect We are Sir Your lfost Obt servts Aubrey & Kinney P. S. As we are at present more or less entirely at the mercy of the company of men spoken of we beg that this shall remain in your hands solely confidential

A&K

[ Addressed] To

[Endorsed] Kinney & Aubry (Oonfidential) 15th. August 1841

His Excellency

Genl. Lamar

Austin City

No. 2080

1841 Aug. 16, G[EORGE] EVERETTE, VICTORIA, [TEXAS] TO M:[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] Application for a government appointment; his reformed habits. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 2081 1841 Aug. 18, S. L. JONES, CORPUS CHRISTI, [TEXAS] TO M:. B. LA:MAR, AUSTIN, [TEXAS] 117 His Excellency Genl. M:. B. Lamar Prest Texas. Austin Sir Corpus. Christi August 18. 1841 When at Austin I informed the Honble. B. T. "A. L. S.

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