116 it but the confinement of the office did not agi·ee with him there- fore he declined offering he now wishes to join the ranging service he being so well known in this section of countary as a brave and prudent man and personally popular will enable him to raise a good Company and I know that he was one of your warm supporters. I am your obt servent JAMES GILLASPIE [Endorsed] Military Commission. Isaac McGary Esq. Recommended for appointment by Colonel James Gillespie
Huntsville Texas August 3rd 1852 Recd at the Exec Dept State of Texas . Austin, August 7, 1852
No. 90 LETTER FROM J. J. GIDDINGS TO P. H. BELL
San Antonio August 3, 1852
Gov PH Bell Dear Sir
Believing that several companies of rangers are about to be called into service I would in such event request your per- mission and authority to raise one of them. Your personal acquaintance with me precludes the necessity of any reference as to my fitness for such a position and I will offer none other than my long experience upon our frontier dur- ing the most critical times in which I conducted to a favorable end some of the most extensive and hazardous enterprises ever undertaken And acquired that knowledge of the country of the border and habitat of the Indians so requsite to a successful expedition against them. Pleas inform in upon the subject at your earliest convenience and oblige your humble Servt J J GIDDINGS [Endorsed] Military Appointment Capt. J. J. Giddings Application for permission to raise a ranging Company San Antonio Texas August 3rd 1852 Recd at the Exec. Dept. State of Texas Austin, August 2nd 1852
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