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PAPERS OF MIR.ABE.AU BuoN.AP.ARTE LAMAR
No. 1398 1839 Aug. 12, W[ILLIAM] JEFFERSON JONES, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTEJ LAMAR, HOUSTON [GALVESTON,] TEXAS Endorsing the bearer, Mr. Prentiss, for a government appointment. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 1399 1839 Aug. 12, JAMES HOGGATT, [JASPER COUNTY? TEXAS], TO M[IRABEAUJ B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [GAL- VESTON, TEXAS] . Endorsing Colonel Martin Parmer for chief justice of Jasper County. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 1400 1839 Aug. lfJ, W. R. SMITH, HOUSTON, [TEXAS], TO :M. B. LAMAR, [GALVESTON?], TEXAS 94
Houston
August 12th. 1839-
His Excy. M:. B. Lamar My dr sir
Learning that it is your determination not to be in Houston before the last of this, or the first of next month, I have to request the favor of you to permit me to leave for Mobile by the next trip of the Columbia. My last letter informs me of my Lady's con- tinued delicate state of health, and contain the most urgent request that I will not delay my return. Besides, my business is such as to make the postponment of its settlement almost destructive of my limited means. · I have examined the condition of the Medical Department, and an inventory of the articles has been taken. As now organized and sup- plied it can be of very little use to the Army. In the Surgical depart- ment it is wholly deficient, there being not a single set of instruments of any kind; And there has never been a supply of hospital stores for the sick etc. When the Secretary of War returns I shall communicate to him fully the condition of things, and -determine on what will be required, if any thing, for the immediate necessities of the Army. There has been no House ordered at Austin for the preservation of the Medicines, etc.- Under these circumstances they had better re- main here until Congress acts in the matter. I can be at Austin at the Commencement of the Session, report on the state of the depart- ment, making whatever suggestions may be necessary, and await their decision. But of these things you will be the better judge. Dr. An- derson has been detailed to remain at Houston, as it is now and will likely continue to be a recruiting station. In my absence he can dis- charge my duties, so that no inconvenience can result to the Army from my not being here. I have much to do in the U. States, and
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