57
PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
No. l390 1839 Aug. 7, J. B. RANSOl\I, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO 11. B. LAMAR, GALVESTON, [TEXAS] 00
Executive Department
) )
Houston 7th. August 1839
Genl l\I B Lamar
Dear Sir,
In consequence of having recd. no instructions re- specting your letters, & as some of them may possibly be of a private or confidential character, which you might not wish submitted to the inspection of any of the Departments, I have qoncluded to inclose to you by the hand of l\Ir J\Ioreland all the Letters and Documents recd since your exit, & mail your advises as to the disposition of such as may come in future. Frequent inquiries have recently been made of me, whether or not you will order by Proclamation an Election for Maj'r Genl of Militia, I therefore respectfully beg leave to call the attention of your Excel- lency to this subject. There is no news of interest or importance from the army, the fron- tier, nor the City of Austin- Business in Houston is unusually dull, & although the place is in a great degree deserted, I still hear of may [many] cases of slight indisposition, & some that are conjestive, though not many deaths. I cannot close this communication without expressing the timely gratitude with which your extreme kindness & very friendly treatment have inspired me. And I trust you will not regard it as sycophancy, or an improper assumption in me, when I solicit your unlimited re-· liance on my faithfully executing any confidential, or personally re- sponsable dependence with which you may find it necessary to honor me, with a view to advance your official objects, or to promote your personal or private interest. Indeed, owing to my positimi., & the strong desire which I feel to offer some demonstration of my sincerity, I should be exceedingly mortified were you at any time to pass me. to find another who would go farther, or do more to serve you.
With the highest consideration of Esteem, Very Respectfully your obt svt J. B. Ransom
To His Excellency MB Lamar
President of Texas P. S. l\Ir Henry a gentleman of veracity from :Miss has just arrived from Austin, & informs me that Doswell was the Auctioneer & that the first lot sold for $27,000. that many sold for from that amt to $2000-a large portion most o.f [them] at from $1000 to 15,000 & that
..A. L. S.
Powered by FlippingBook