WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1813-1817
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delegation from East Tennessee, I have the pleasure of an ac- quaintance with some of the members. I have not influential 1·elatives to support me with their influence & if merit does not ~upport me, I must sink I submit my case to your equitable decision Samuel Houston Lieut 39th Infy [Endorsed]: 39. March/1815 2d Lt. Samuel Houston retention Rly Doc No. 2 [Addressed]: Hon. James Monroe SecY- of War Washington City Mr Lane [Postmarked]: Maryville T Mar 2d 1815 Mail 1 0riginal in the War Department, U.S. Courtesy of Colonel M.' L. Crim- mins, a photostat from his private library. ~James Monroe (April 28, 1758-July 4, 1831), was the fifth President of the United States. See the Dictionary of A•me1-ican · Biography, XIII, 87-92, also the Biographical Directory of the A nuwican Cong1·ess, 1323. . 3 The Battle of Horse Shoe Bend, also known as the Battle of Tohopeka, was fought March 27, 1814, in North Alabama on the Tallapoosa River. It marked the complete defeat of the Creek Indians. It also added greatly to the military prestige of General Andrew Jackson, the victor. Jackson's own plans and maps (l\fS.) of this battle are in the archives of the Tennessee Historical Commission. There are many printed copies of them; for a good clear copy see S. G. Heiskell, Amfreiu Jackson and Early Tennessee History, I, 498.
To CAPTAIN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL 1
Dandridge Apl. 25th 1815. Dear Sir When I left you I expected to have written to you before now, but not knowing whether or not I would long remain stationary I have omited writing, and I suppose the restoration of peace will supersede the necessity of doubts on the subject, for it is very probable that I will be disbanded, tho. I will not know before the first of May If I am continued in service it is very likely that my destination will soon be New Orleans, and if discontinued I think it probable I will reside in Knoxville for it will be proper for me to pursue some course for a livelihood which will not be laborious as my wounds are not near well, and I suppose it will be impracticable for a disbanded officer to marry, for the[y] will be regarded as cloathes, out of fashion, not worn or much altered before the [y J are worn but I w:ill not
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