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No. 68 LETTER FROM THOS. FOSTER AND OTHERS TOP. H. BELL San Antonio Ma1·ch 6, 1850 To His Excellency P.H. Bell In company with this you will receive a petition on behalf of W. A. A. Wallace praying your Excellency to grant him a com- mission for raising an additional company of Rangers. The report of increasing hostilities on the part of the Indi- ans on the line of Frontier west of this place has induced Genl. Brook to call for additional troops from the State. Of this I am assured by our mutual friend Wm. Sythe who has this moment returned from an interview with the General. During the inter- view Mr. Syth took occasion to mention the name and claims of Wallace and the General Assured him that a commission could not be conferred by your Excellency upon a man more acceptable to himself than Wallace, and that the matter of appointing a captain lay entirely in your own hands. By granting the prayer of your petitioners you will bind old friends with bonds still stronger. With since wishes for Your Excellency's health and pros- perity I subscribe myself, Your friend and Obt Servt THO. FOSTER [Endorsed] Thos. Foster & others to March 6, 1850 Gov. Bell Recomdg. Wm. A A Wallace As Cap't of Vol. Comp'y

No. 69 LETTER FROM H. A. GILPIN TOP. H. BELL

Corpus Christi Mch 22 1850

To His Excellency H.P. Bell

Gov. of the State of Texas Austin Sir

I have been requested by Mr. Timothy Hart of the Mission de Refugio, to write to you and inform you

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