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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY We think the day star has arisen (which must be the Star ot' Your
Republic), and that a bright dawn awaits your administration Believe me My Dear Sir with best wishes & With sincere esteem Very respectfu1ly & truly. - ·-Yours-- His Excellency J. Hamilton. l\I. B Lamar Presdt. of Texas. P S. Do not allow the 8 pcrsent Bonds, to appear in the Market until we return, then if the Money is wanted, I have no doubt I can assist Mr. Reilly to an advantageous negociation.- I write at 12 oc at night with a dim taper & bad pen, but with a light heart full of confidence & hope. - [Addressed] [Endorsed] His Excellency President Lamar To the particular Houston attention of Texas. Wm Brvan and Court at l\fo No. 1304a J. Hamilton- 29th l\Iav 1839 Private & Confidential 1839 May 29, J. HAMILTON, PHILADELPHIA, [PENNSYL- VANIA], TO M. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON, [TEXAS] 3 Philadelphia l\Iay 29 1839 (Duplicate) Private & Confidential :i\Iy Dear Sir- I have only a moment with the hope of saving the express l\Iail from Baltimore to drop you a line to inform you that l\Ir Burnley and myself have just succeeded in effecting an allayement through l\Ir Biddle with the B. U. S.-by which we have obtained the influence & support of that powerful Institution in aid of our Loan, and an r.dvance of funds to enable you to keep all quiet on your Indian Frontier this summer & to defray the expences of your diplomatic & Naval services in the U. S.- The particulars of this negociation we will transmit you by a special & trustworthy agent l\Ir Thos. L. Hamilton my son who will leave this 4 about the 10th June & whom we shall send to New Orleans with funds to be lodged to your credit in the Merchants Bank-also with dispatches containing an account of all that we have done both of a diplomatic & financial character. He will forthwith proceed to Houston to pay his respects after leaving his funds in New Orleans. We have accomplished this most auspicious first step in th~ face of the most powerful prejudice against slavery & slave states, after the intense labor of fifteen 5 in which we could not have succeeded but for the great influence of Mr. Biddle.
'A. L. S. Cf. no. 1304. •Hamilton apparently omitted the word "place" here. •Hamilton evidently omitted a word here; probably "days".
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