The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume I

WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1836

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[ Addressed] : Hon. Henry Smith Secy of the Treasury [ Endorsed] : Executive Department 26 Decemb. 1836 m regard to the auditing and paying of officers claims communi- cated to the Pay depart. and Auditor of public A/cs 28 Dec 1836 · [Recorded] : Aug 26/40 on pp 74 & 75 of Record Book No 1 Letters to Treasury Department John M. Swisher Recordg Clerk 1 Co1nvt,·oller's Lette,·s, 1835-1836, Texas State Library. ~David G. Burnet. See the Dictionary of American Biography, III, 292- 293. Texas Alm.anac, 1857, 131-134; also for 1859, 63-64; and for 1873, 158-167 (this sketch by A. 1\1. Hobby). Sallie Everett Sloan, The Presi- dential Ad·ministration of David G. B11rnet (M.A. thesis, 1918) The Uni- versity of Texas Library. 3 John Milton Swisher. See Houston to Henry Smith; December 12, 1836.

APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES 1

In the name of the Republic of Texas, Free, Sovereign and Independent. To all whom these Presents shall come or may in any wise concern. I Sam Houston President thereof send GREETING Whereas it is the ardent desire and interest of this Govern- ment to open an intercourse between it and the United States Government upon just and liberal terms and to procure the acknowledgement by that Government of the Independence of Texas, and whereas according to usage that Government cannot receive a minister from this Republic until its Independence is acknowledged. Therefore I Sam Houston President of the Re- public of Texas by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, do by these presents nominate, constitute and ap- point William H. Wharton:! and Memucan Hunt,3 the agents and representatives of this Government, to the Government of the United States with full power as such to negotiate for the recog- nition of the Independence of this Republic with the authorities of that Government, and to do all necessary acts and things for the purpose of effecting the object of their agency. In Testimony whereof, I have signed these Presents and affixed my private Seal, there being no great Seal of Office yet provided. Done at the Town of Columbia this 31st day of December A. D. 1836 and of the Independence of this Republic the first. Sam Houston P. S. J Pinckney Henderson Acting Secy of State

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