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to accompany me but some of them refuse to do so, and he will not order his company out on the expedition without their consent The time of their enlistment will expire on the 10th. of next month and they are not willing to leave the settlement without being satisfied that they will be paid for services rendered during the term of my expedition when I commence the survey I wish to be certain of success, and in order to be so, I must have the controul of about Fifty men who will be bound to remain with me until the surveys are completed- Judge Waller thinks that the Rangers will protect the place as effec- tually with me, as they do at present, The survey will be worth about $2000-and with that sum it will be impossible for me to Employ a Guard, Should it meet your Excellency's views to inform Capt. Mer- rill that his Company will receive pay for the time Over the time of their Enlistment and direct him to go with me the survey can be made without delay and with but a trifling additional expense; I shall leave this place for San Antonio, tomorrow to Collect the Necessary information required in my instructions, In the mean time my Agent in this place will be procuring men, Horses &c &c I meet with so much Expense in getting prepared for this Expedi- tion that I shall require an advance of five or six hundred Dollars from the Government, Should Bon.ds be required for the performance of the duties required of me, I can give them on receipt of your Excel- lency's answer. Judge Webb will be able to inform you more particularly on the above subjects Respectfully
your Excellency's Obdt servant Wm. H. Hunt [rubric]
[Addressed] To His Excellency
[Endorsed]
Mirabeau B. Lamar
W. H. Hunt
President of the Republic of
Aug 6. '39
Favour'd by ) Judge Webb )
Texas
Houston
No. 1389
1839 Aug. 6, HENRY MAILLARD, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO [DAVID G. BURNET,] HOUSTON, fTEXAS[ Resigning as chief justice of Jefferson County; suggesting Thomas H. Brennan or William C. V. Dashiel as his successor. A. L. S. 1 p.
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