WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1855
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I am troubled that any misunderstanding should exist in Boston. I would not have agreed to speak twice, but for the wish I had to aid some worthy young men in my own state. Any thing that might defeat, or embarrass that object, I would discounte- nance. Truly Thine Sam Houston Dr. J. W. Stone, Boston. 1 Shettles Collection, University of Texas Library.
TO THE AUDITOR OF THE STATE 1
Washington, Feb. 9th, 1855.
Auditor of the State: Sir I herewith take the liberty of enclosing to you a letter and an account sent to me by Mr. Hunt. 2 I have no doubt but what it is an attempted imposition upon the Treasury-and I know that you will take pleasure in guarding it. I also send you my reply, or a copy of it. Sam Houston [Rubric] 1 Court of Claims Papers, Texas State Library. 1 Zimri Hunt was born in Guilford County, North Carolina, on a farm, on October 7, 1820. He continued to live at his birthplace until he was seven- teen years old. In December, 1846, he moved to Texas and settled in Wash- ington County. For a somewhat detailed biography, see Encyclo-pedia of the New West, 100-102.
To ZIMRI HUNT 1
Washington, Feb. 10th, 1855. Dear Sir I am so extremely indisposed today that I am unable to sit up, and am compelled to employ an amanuensis. Were it to serve a lady alone, I should be anxious to respond to your letter,2 and if possible to obtain ample justice for her. I have no recollection of a Mr., or Mrs. Thompson, and you must permit me to say that I do not think that anything set forth in the account has ever had any foundation in fact. In your letter to me you say, "She thinks you will remembei: the fact, as you were present when most, perhaps all the articles were taken." Now, Sir, it is well known that during the whole Revolution, .I never had even a chicken pressed, or anything else; and I see liquor charged as one of the articles, when it is known
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