The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume V

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MARCH, 1851-APRIL, 1851

PAGE To Griffith Owen, March 1, 1851, promising to read a certain manu- script _____ --- 287

To Henderson Yoakum, March 1, 1851, concerning Mrs. Houston's trial_ Speech, March 3, 1851, on the rivers and harbors bill: views on internal improvements, latitudinous constitutional constructions, and public debt To Henderson Yoakum, March 3, 1851, concerning Mrs. Houston's case in court - -----····- ----- -- ----····-·--··-·---·-···---- Remarks, March 10, 1851, on the constitution of South Carolina: that constitution produces an oligarchy, because the people as a whole do not express an opinion..·- - ··--·--·--··-·------ MAY, 1851-DECEMBER, 1851

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To Nicholas Dean, May 8, 1851; thanks Dean for recommending a satis- factory nurse maid, and tells about his farming experiences, and incidences of his home life...·--·-··---·-·- ·--- ·-- ___ ____ _ 297 To Henderson Yoakum, June 13, 1851; invites Yoakum to a family dinner to meet Elisha Pease, and Sam Hay..·--·-·····----··-·--·-···-··· 299 To John R. Burke, July 19, 1851; invites Burke to pay him a visit; tells about his children.---·-···--·--···---·--·--·-··----·-·-·····-··---·-·--·-···--·--·--302 To Henderson Yoakum, July 19, 1851; concerns witnesses in Mrs. Houston's trial - ------------·····--·---·-···-·---·------------··--·----304 To Henderson Yoakum, August 9, 1851, relative to a remedy for the illness of his son, Sam_______ _______________ 304 To Henderson Yoakum, August 31, 1851, telling' about a visit that he was about to make·---···--·-·-----·-·---·-··-····- ···-·---··-···-·------304 To Samuel McKinney, September 1, 1851, concerning a fodder crop......_ 305 To Henderson Yoakum, September 1, 1851; tells about a. disagreement between himself and Dr. Samuel McKinney concerning the gathering of fodder ___ - ----···------ ·-··------- 306 To James Kemp Holland, September 4, 1851; expresses pleasant anticipations of a visit from James K. Holland and his father.____. 307 To Milton McClanahan, September 10, 1851; tells how to recover a lost discharge ····---·--·---- ----·-·--··----·--··----·--··-····-·--·············---309 To the Editor of the Texas Monument, September 27, 1851, stating that he did not know a person named C. H. Donelson··-···--·-····-···-·------·-··· 309 A speech in the Presbyterian church at Huntsville, October 6, 1851, in defense of his record: his reasons for supporting the bill for the organization of, the Oregon territory, the admission of California to statehood, the Compromise of 1850; an account of the San Jacinto campaign; his policy on annexation, and other presidential policies; the Texas boundary settlement, and slavery···········--····-····-···-........ 310 To John Woods Ha rris, October 7, 1851, concerning personal affairs.._ ._ 314 To John H. Houston, October 11, 1851; Houston sends a synopsis of his speech, and says that he intends to speak in Tammany Hall during the winter --- --·-··-----·-···-··-·---·-····-·-·-·-···-·····--···········-····-·--316

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