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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1850
FOR THE RELIEF OF LIEUTENANT HENRY F. EVANS, SEPTEMBER 28, 1850 1
This bill is for an old man, who cannot live very long. He was disabled in the service of his country; he has become blind, and it is unpleasant to have an incumbrance of that sort. If we pass this bill as it is, it will be an inducement to kind and benevolent treatment to the old gentleman. I hope the bill will pass. If we adopt the amendment, the consequence will be the defeat of the bill. I hope, therefore, it will not be adopted.
1 Congressional Globe, XXII, Part 2, 1849-1850, p. 2069.
To B. RusH w ALLAcE 1
AT HOME, 11th November, 1850.
Dear Sir. I have recd yr note and if you and any other mem- bers are now in Town, I hope you will be so kind as to come, and Breakfast with us in the morning. I am fearful that you would leave town from the time that you called today. It was twilight when we came home. If you are in town pray don't fail to call as you have time enough to reach Austin before the day of meeting. Send me word. Sam Houston. Hon. B. R. Wallace [Addressed] : Col. B. R. Wallace, Huntsville, Texas, per Joshua. 1 The original letter is the property of the Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville, Texas. The State Library has a copy. B. Rush Wallace came to Texas in 1837 from the western part of Vir- ginia. He was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy, and as a young man, had served in the United States Army. He was also an able lawyer and possessed a considerable fortune which he lost in dealing in Texas lands. He settled in the town of San Augustine, but later removed to his farm about two miles from town. He was not a professional politi- cian, but in the last congress of the Republic of Texas, as well as in the State Senate after annexation, he represented the San Augustine district. After the Civil War he removed to Tarrant County, where he died. See George Crocket, Two Centiwies in East Toxas, 244.
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