86 J. M. Alexander Abram H. Scott Dr .M:ubryne
TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
2d Lt. 1st Regt Infty " " " " " Actg Asst Qu Master A list of The Officers of the Regular Army of Texas Aug. 29. /39 No. 1426 1839 Aug. 30, S. A. ROBERTS, WASHINGTON, [D. C.J, TO [M. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXASJ 36 Confidential Washington August 30th 1839 Dear Genl I have indulged a faint hope, -tho' I cannot say an expec- tation, of receiving a few lines from you during the summer- As it has now however drawn to a close, I conclude that the hope will prove fallacious,-that you have had too much else to occupy your mind and time I regret this the more as -I am not assured that my letters ever reach you- that they should be lost, would be no great matter, but that they should fall into other hands than yours, would be extremely em- barrassing to me-tho' there is not a word in one of them that I would not, if required, justify at any hazard- I shall continue as heretofore, to write to you occasionally to keep you informed of all that comes before my observation which immediately or indirectly con- cerns your self individually- Genl Dunlap will of course keep the Goverment acquainted with all that corn;;erns it- The object of this letter is to say something about the contemplated Treaty with Mexico and the hearing which it may have upon some of the prominent men in Texas- From a letter addressed to Genl Dunlap by Col Bee (private) which I have read, I learn that in all probability, the negotiation will be transferred from Mexico to Washington-In this latter event Col Bee speaks in his letter as if he as a matter of course was to be charged with the sole and entire conduct of the negotiation, at least this is Genl Dunlap's understanding of the letter who wrote to me a few days ago from Saratoga concerning it- In commenting on Coll Bee's letter Genl D- says Col Bee will want new instructions and seems to re- gard' it as a matter of course that he (Genl D) will at least be asso- ciated with Col Bee, if not charged with the sole management of the business-for he says in his letter to me "I am willing to be associated with Col Bee"- I replied to Genl D-telling him you would prob- ably wish to associate some one of your many friends in Texas, who had not yet received any thing from you, with Col Bee- that he had already received from you unequivocal marks of your high esteem and unbounded confidence, and ought not to be mortified at any course you might in this matter pursue to word him &c &c_:_A few days after I had written this letter I was looking over Genl D's instructions 37 86 A. L. s. "Printed in Garrison, G. P., Diplom'atio Correspondence of the Republic of Texas, I, 368-78.
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