WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1853
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Salute all my old friends, & dont forget Shaw,a Hamilton/ Dr. Haynie 8 & his lady, with a host of others. l\fy compliments to my friend, Gov. Duvall. 0 Do burn this when read!! Thine ever Faithfully Sam Houston Hon. W. D. Miller, Austin, Texas. [Endorsed] : Gen. Sam Houston, June 10, 1853. Recd. June 17, 1853 Ansd. June 20, 1853. Social chat & desiring especial copies of certain papers reflecting on the character of Moore- wants to sue Ward.
1 W. D. Jllille,· Pctpcrs, Texas State Library. For Miller, see Volume II, p. 389.
:?For Thomas William Ward, see Volume III, p. 18. 3 For Edwin Ward Moore, see Volume II, p. 498.
•James Alfred Pearce, Representative, and Senator from Maryland to the United States Congress. For sketch see Biographical Directory of the Ame,·icc1,n Congress (1928), p. 1394. 5 See Volume II, p. 446. 0 James B. Shaw. See Volume III, p. 197. 7 Morgan Calvin Hamilton. See Volume III, p. 163. 8 This was evidently Dr. Samuel G. Haynie (April 23, 1806-l\Iay 20, 1877) who was born at Knoxville, Tennessee. In early life he emigrated to Ala- bama, and thence to Texas in 1837, and settled at Independence, Washington County, whence he moved to Austin in 1839 and engaged in the practice of medicine. He was a member of the Texas Congress in the winter of 1840- 1841 and served in that capacity until February, 1842. He then returned to Independence, but was back in Austin in 1845, and was a member of the Second Legislature from Travis County. He served as postmaster of Austin for several years, and was mayor for four terms. He served in several other municipal positions. He died at Austin and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. See Frank Brown, Annals of Travis Co1mt·y and of the City of A11stin, with ct Descr-i71tion of the Country, Chapter VI, 90. 0 William Pope Duval (1784-1\farch 19, 1854), lawyer, Congressman, Governor of Florida, was born at Mt. Comfort, near Richmond, Virginia. He was the son of William and Anne (Pope) Duval. His father was wealthy, and he had the advantages of a good education, but ran away from home at the age of sixteen, before his education was completed, and went to Kentucky. He spent two or three years on the frontier, but at the age of nineteen began the study of law. In 1804 he married Nancy, daughter of William Haynes, and soon afterward began the practice of his profession. During the Indian hostilities of 1812 he commanded a company of mountain volunteers. Later he was elected as a Democrat to the 13th Congress (l\lnrch, 1813-March, 1815), after which service, he resumed his law practice at Bardstown, Kentucky. On May 18, 1821, he was appointed Federal Judge of the Territory of Florida, and in a few months was made Go\'ernor of the Territory, a position he held throughout the ndministration of l\lonroe, Adams, and Jackson, serving in that position from April 17, 1822, to March,
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