477
WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1836
4 Hayden S. Arnold was born in Tennessee in 1805, immigrated to Texas in 1835, enlisted in the Texas Army at Nacogdoches, January 14, 1836 (Muster Rolls, 114, General Land Office), and on March 6, was elected captain of the first company of the Second Regiment of Texas Volunteers. On November 8, 1836, President Houston appointed him a commissioner to treat with the Indians. Captain Arnold was also a member of the House of Representatives from Nacogdoches County in the First Texas Congress, serving from October 3, 1836, to June 13, 1837. He died at his home in Nacogdoches in 1839; his estate was administered by his widow, Selina Arnold. See Comptroller's Milita1·y Scvice Records, Texas State Library; also, Dixon nnd Kemp, Hc1·oes of San Jacinto, 341. COLONEL JAMES MORGAN'S PASSPORT 1 In the name of the Republic of Texas free sovereign and Inde- pendent, to all whom these presents do concern, greeting: You are hereby commanded to suffer freely to pass Col. James Morgan/ a citizen of said Republic who has leave to pass to the United States of America and to be absent for four months from the time which he may leave this Republic. And you are com- manded, in case of need, to render him all lawful aid and as- sistance Given under my hand and private seal at Columbia this.ninth day of November A. D. 1836, and of the Independence of said Republic the first SEAL Sam Houston [Rubric]
[~ndorsed] : Col. James Morgan Passport 1 Morgan Papers, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas. 2 See Houston to Davis Thomas, April 11, 1836.
TO CAPTAIN THOMPSON 1 Executive Department, Columbia, 9th Novr. 1836.
Capt. Thompson of the Texian Schnr. Col. Fannin Sir: You will please furnish Wm. H. Van Horn with a passage on board your vessel to New Orleans and charge the same to this Government. Sam Houston [ Rubric] 1 Cont7Jtrolle1·'s Military Service R<!cords, No. 688, Texas State Library.
. • ; i - .
TO THE TEXAS SENATE 1 Executive Department, Columbia, 10th Novr. 1836.
To the Honorable, The Senate Gentlemen: In consequence of the rejection of the Hon [om] ble John M. Dor/ as Commissioner to treat with the se,·eral tribes
;; , ' oL.
Powered by FlippingBook