WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1824~1836
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I appreciate fairly your zeal, your activity and your usefulness in the cause of Liberty in Texas. I have evinced my confidence in you as an officer; and as a friend and a gentleman you shall never have recison to doubt my regard. Sam Houston 1 /n ,·eply of Gen. Thomas J. Green, to the Speech of General Sam Houston in the Senate of the United States, August 1, 1854, pp. 12-13. To w. D. M1LLER 1 Mr. Miller will you please to make out this account, for the aggregate amount. Then give order on the same; showing the items and state of the account, also an order for payment, and a receipt-To be paid out of the fund, for collecting Indian prisoners &c. Thine Truly Sam Houston 16th March 1843 [Addressed] : To Mr. W. D. Miller Present 1 Dallas News Collection, Dallas Historical Society, courtesy of Dr. Herbert Gambrell.
1847
THE TEXAS DELEGATION TO PRESIDENT JAMES K. POLK 1
Washington, March 1st, 1847.
James K. Polk, President of the United States Sir:- The undersigned delegation of Texas respectfully represent that Col. Wheelock of said State, is an applicant for a position under the general government where his talents may be usefully employed. Col. W. is known, not only in Texas as one of the true patriots of the State, but throughout the whole Union as a gentleman of high moral character, erudition, and experience. He has lived in Texas for the last thirteen years, and the able & efficient manner in which he has distinguished himself in the cause of democrae1J, has rendered him deservedly popular, both at home and abroad. We earnestly press the great claims of Col. Wheelock, and ·with
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