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be released by the payment of a certain sum of money- These statements have been corroborated by another letter from an influential Mexican living on the other side of the Rio Grande- The boy is an orphan-the only members of his family being a widowed (by the war) Sister & a few helpless little ones-whom I have been supporting for the last two years-They are there- fore too poor to pay anything like the amount asked for the ransom of their brother. It is in their behalf therefore, that I appeal to you & ask you to use your influence with the gov- ernor in obtaining the release of this boy-who in a few yea[rs] more may be of paramount usefulenss- 1 understand that the government has appropriated an amount of money for this express purpose if they have I would wish this boy to get the benefit of it. If I can be useful to you under the circumstances please inform me how to act. I will further remark that the boys name is Frank Buckelew & was captured close by his home in the Sabinal Canion-- I remain Sir Yours very respectfully JAMES B. DEVENPORT No. 94 CERTIFICATE OF W. S. ROBARDS CONCERNING EXPENSES OF FRONTIER DEFENSE Comptroller's Office Austin, Deer 24, 1866 I, W. S. Robards, Comptroller of the State of Texas, hereby certify that, the books of this office show, that claims to the amount of $181.444.51/100, for expenses incurred in defense of the Frontier-from the 28th day of February 1855, to the 18th September 1858, were presented at this office and audited pre- vious to the date of its presentation for payment at Washing- ton City, and that up to that date, $148.898.75/100 had been actually paid by the State of Texas, and $35.545.76/100 as- sumed to be paid, and appropriation therefor made by the Leg- islature; and, that subsequent to that date, the greater portion of the amount thus assumed has been presented and paid, and
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