The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume III

TEXAS STATE'LIBRARY

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No. 1383 1839 Aug. 4, CATHARINE LEE, FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, TO MIRABEAU [BUONAPARTEJ LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS A request for a transcript of the decree of divorce said to have been obtained in Houston by her husband. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1384 1839 Aug. 5, K. H. DOUGLASS, NACOGDOCHES, [TEXAS], TO CAPTAIN G. ENGLISH Nacogdoches 5th. August 1839 Capt George English Will take charge of the cattle driven in by Col. Landrum's regiment advertise and sell the same giving reasonable and public notice at Shelbyville of the terms and day of sale The funds arising from the sale of said Cattle will be held subject to the order of the Pay-Master Genl. who will be charged with the distribution of the same under the law, to the troops entitled thereto. Those who purchase will be required to pay in Gold or silver or · Texas promissory notes except soldiers who served in the late cam- paign against the Cherokees the pay which they are entitled to will be received in payment of any purchases they may make so far as it will go- Give notices in San-Augustine and Sabine

By order of

Ja. S. Mayfield Aidecamp Copy 8 ~ [Endorsed] Copies

K. H. Douglas

Brig Genl Comg

No. 1385 1839 Aug. 5, K. H. DOUGLASS, NACOGDOCHES, [TEXAS], TO COLONEL L. WILLIAMS 86 Head Quarters Col. S. Williams Nacogdoches 5th. Angst 1839 Will forthwith call into the service from his regiment one Company to serve one month; and actively employ them in rang- ing the Country beyond the frontier settlements. Those who furnish their own horses and equipage will be entitled to thirty dollars per month pay By order of J a. S. Mayfield Aidecamp K. H. Douglass Brig Genl Comg

"'By James S. Mayfield. "'Copy by James S. Mayfield.

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