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St. Louis. In May, 1826, he was appointed Indian agent for the Osage tribe and served until 1830. He fought in the Mexican War as a colonel of Vir- ginia volunteers; he became Governor of Saltillo on March 8, and served till July 20, 1848. He died April 21, 1858. See F. B. Heitman, Historical Register of the United States Army, 496; also the A1·kansas Gazette, August 4, 1830. 3 Major Angus Lewis Langham was ·born in Virginia, but removed with his family to Ohio when he was a very young boy. He entered the United States Army in 1808, and gradually advanced in rank to that of major. He resigned from the army in 1815, and died August 28, 1834. Heitman, His- torical Register of the United Stat6S Anny, 616.
To JoHN H. HousToN 1
Fredrtown, Md., 11 Jany. 1830 Dear Houston, I go by Baltimore, and intend to Dine in Wash- ington tomorrow. I wish you would be at "Browns" & take Pot- luck with me or come by 5 oclk P. M. My love to Cousin Gertrude & kiss the little ones. Dont say to any one that I will be in tomorrow Houston. John H. Houston Esq. 2 [Addressed]: Mr. John H. Houston W. City D. C. 1 Original owned by W. A. Philpott, Dallas, Texas. Photostat in The Uni- versity of Texas Library. 2 John H. Houston was a first cousin of Sam Houston. He lived in Wash- ington City. A considerable collection of letters from Sam Houston to John H. Houston is said to be in the possession of John H. Houston's granddaughters, the Misses Garland, of Washington City. This correspondence has not been available for this collection except ten letters recently sold to W. A. Philpott, of Dallas, Texas.
To JOHN VAN FOSSEN 1
Baltimore, 4th April, 1830. My dear Sir: I have just seen Mr. Rose 2 on the subject of the contract for Indian rations, and find that he is anxious to engage in the business. When I advised you to put in your bid, I did expect to be equally concerned with you in the business. What number of bids were put in I do not know. Blake told me that he would withdraw his bid. If these things have been done, ascertain if these are not less than twelve or thirteen cents. If all others are withdrawn under twelve cents, and you can get the contract at twelve, it will be safe business. It may be that you cannot get it at thirteen! If so, take it at twelve. I do not
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