The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume I

PAGE To the Texas Senate, November 24, 1836, appointing J. Pinckney Hen- derson Attorney General of Texas.·-··--···········--·-····-·······--··-·-·····- 490 To the Texas Senate, November 30, 1836, submitting the names of Michael Menard and A. J. Yates as commissioners to negotiate the five million dollar loan-·--·-----·----····-······-··----···-··-··-···-·-·-- 490 Passport to W. P. Harris, November 30, 1836·-····-·····--·········--···-·-- 492 Orders to the Militia, November 30, 1836·-···---···················-·········-- 492 To the Texas Senate, November 30, 1836, presenting for ratification a list of navy appointments·--•-··-····-···-·····--···-·····-·····-·-··-···-···--· 493 To the Texas Senate, December 1, 1836, presenting a list of nominees presented to him by the Secretary of the Navy__·--··--··-··-·-··--· ___ 493 To the Texas Senate, December 2, 1836, presenting a copy of the pass- port issued to Santa Anna and Almonte·-···----····--·······-·············-·---- 494 To Nathaniel Robbins, December 6, 1836, saying if Robbins was too ill to cooperate with the other commissioners, to forward the instructions t-0 the other commissioners_··----··-----··--·-·-----------·-···-·-- 495 To Anna Raguet, December 7, 1836. A friendly letter......-·-·········--·-·--·-- 495 To the Texas Congress, December 7, 1836, transmitting duplicates of reports made to him by the Secretary of the Navy·-·····-··-·-·--------·---- 496 To George Washington Browning, December 8, 1836, that the absence of Colonel Smith from his post was sufficient reason to vacate that posi- tion to another. He stresses the point that no military officer shall leave his post without permission from his superior___··-········--····-·-······-·-·-··· 497 To the Texas Senate, December 9, 1836, nominating Joseph C. Williams captain for the armed schooner Terrible .·----·····-·············--···-···-···-·- 499 To the Texas Senate, December 10, 1836, nominating F. Catlett Secre- tary of Legation at Washington, United States...........·-·····-··········-··-·-- 499 To the Texas Senate, December 10, 1836, presenting a list of nomina- tions to offices in the battalion of mounted riflemen·-··········---··-··-·-·-·-··-- 500 To Henry Smith, December 12, 1836, requesting Smith to deliver to Amasa Turner the land script intended for David White, Agent at Mobile ------------···-········-··-··-··-··-····--··-·--·-··-·--500 To John A. Wharton, December 12, 1836, ordering him to go to the house of Lorenzo de Zavala and make requisition of such articles as were needed by the Texas army_···-·--···-··-·---···-········-···-·····-·······- 501 The pardon of John P. Wallace, December 12, 1836.·-·--·-··-··-········-····· 503 To Felix Huston [No date] ordering a transcript of his letter to George W. Browning to be studied as it expressed the principles re- quired of the Texas armY-·--·-··-···- ···-·--···················-······-········--- ·-- 503 Proclamation, December 13, 1836, appointing Fairfax Catlett secretary to the Texas Legation at Washington_··-·-·-··--·····-··-··---···-··········-·- 503 To the Texas Congress, December 13, 1836, calling the attention to the arrival of John Woodward from New York. He urges Woodward's claims upon the Republic___ --··-·-··-····----········-·-·······-·-··-····-······-······-··· 504 To the Texas Senate, December 14, 1836, presenting a list of nomina- tions to officer the Mounted Riflemen.·-··-·· ____ -----····-·· 506 To the Texas Senate, December 15, 1836, nominating John Woodward consul to the port of New York__··-········-·····----·-·-··-·····--·····---···-·-·- 506 To the Texas Senate, December 15, 1836, appointing Niles F. Smith bank commissioner ---------·-··--····-·-····--··-·--··--- 507

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