TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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To His Excellency
Gov H R Runnels Austin [Endorsed] John H. Conner
No. 179
APPOINTMENT OF JAMES BARCLAY AS INDIAN AGENT IN POLK AND TYLER COUNTIES [May 12, 1858]
The State of Texas. To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting-
Know Ye--That reposing special trust and confidence in the capacity integrity and discretion of James Barclay Esq of Tyler County, Texas:- 1, H. R. Runnels, Governor of said State, do, under the provi- sions of a "Joint Resolution in relation to the Indians residing in th·e Counties of Polk and Tyler" Approved Feb 16th 1858, appoint him, the said James Barclay agent, for said Indians: and I do further authorize and empower him to execute and perform the duties of this appointment according to law, for and during the term of three years from the date hereof, unless sooner removed by the Governor of this State for the time being.
Given under my hand, and the Seal of State hereunto affixed, at the City of Austin this 12th day of May 1858 and in the year of the Independence of Texas the Twenty third. HR RUNNELS
[Seal]
By the Governor
T. S. Anderson Secretary of State.
[Endorsed] Appointment of James Barclay, Agent Indians in Polk & Tyler Counties. [H. R. Runnels, Executive Record Book, Number 36, Pages 92-93.]
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