WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 182t1-1825
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Mr. H. apprehended no danger from the crowned heads of Europe, on the subject before the House. He considered it a very important expression of sympathy in favor of a people that held the strongest claims upon us. After the principle we had adopted, in regard to South America, he thought we could not be regardless of the cause of Greece. He did not expect an unanimous ex- pression of this opinion; but as it could be productive of no evil consequences, he hoped the resolution would pass the House.
1 ,lmrals of Congl'css, 18th Congress, 1st Sess., I, 1823-1824, 1160-1163.
To ANDREW JAcKsoNL
Nashville 20th July 1824. Dr. Sir At the request of a friend of mine I beg leave to solicit of you the favor of a statement of Capt Campbell's treat- ment of you after you became a prisoner to the British, during the Revolutionary War & his treatment generally of the American prisoners, and the character which he sustained as an officer & man. So far as you can answer upon these several points, with- out inconvenience to yourself, or so far as you may be pleased fo reply in your discretion, will be received with gratitude and respect by your sincere friend Sam Houston Genl. A. Jackson Hermitage Tenn.
1 Jackson i\ISS., U.S. Congressional Library. Photostat in The University of Texas Library,
To A. M. HUGHESL
Washington 22 Jany 1825 Dear Sir Yours of the 11th Inst has beeri on hand some days and would have been answered ere this time, had it not been that I have been confined to my becl by a very severe indisposition. It was an attack of liver; it' became torpid, and was so for some days, but at this time I am almost well. For the last week I hare been constant attfmdant of the House while in session! Your mention of my friend Genl Martin's 2 name as an appli- cant for the agency is all sufficient to present him with all the advantages that a 1·ecommencla,tion of 500 cou'd have done. But his name is about the fifteenth that has been sent in. The Secy
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