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soon come ove[r] here to endeavour to do something with the French Bankers- J. P. H. [ Addressed] To His Excellencv Genl M. B. Lamar Republic of Texas Oare of Wm Bryan Esq Texian Consul New Orleans La. Recd. & forwarded by Sept 20th 1839 Y. 0. S. 0 H Forbes V. 0. T N. Y. [Endorsed] Letter from Mr Henderson Paris August 17th 183~
No. 1411
1839 Aug. 17, A. H. PEMBERTON, OOLUl\fBIA, SOUTH CARO- LINA, TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTEl LAMAR, · HOUSTON,TEXAS Recent personal history; the South Carolinian; inquiry regarding the prospect for success of a young lawyer friend; recent State election news; the attitude of South Carolina toward the Administration and the tariff; his hope that Houston shall not succeed Lamar. A. L. S. 3 p. No. 1412 183rJ Aug. 18, H. THOl\fPSON, NEW YORK, TO M. B. LA:M,.\R, HOUSTON, TEXAS 8 Astor House New York My dear General August ]8th 1839 I send no's 1 & 2 of a series of Ohapters 0 on Texas, they have taken very well, and are re-printed in the Balto, & N York papers, they are intended to be correct pictures of T-- The .3d no' is of more import than the rest which are rather preparatory chapters-- At. a public meeting gotten up by some of the most respectable Gentn. of Phil. I was called on, and addressed the citizens in a two hours speech, (off hand of course) tho' I made it the day before ! Mr Joye the Texan Consul at Phil. is a good appt. he is much esteemed at home, and is of an excelent caste. Texas is looking up under Genl. Lamars admn. Webb, has contributed much to its fame & character-"old Sam" 10 may be popular in the town of Houston! but over the U. S. "A. L. S. •These chapters were printed in book form some time later in 1839, under the title Te=s. Sketches of character; moral and political condition of the republic; the judiciary, &c. Thompson states irt his preface that the sketches are faken "from the eolumns of the Herald & Sentinel of Philadelphia." The book was printed under the pseudonym of "Milam." 10 Sam Houston.
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