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but I hope he thinks so. If he does it is better than not to be- lieve he was happy when he is really so. You must kiss every one of the family for me, not omitting Cousin Martin. You must give my best regards to Thomas Parmar & family. Tell the blacks [servants] how do. Affectionately Thy Father Sam Houston Nannie 1 Copied from Mr. Temple H. Morrow's Collection of Houston Letters, Dallas, Texas. A RESOLUTION CONCERNING INSTRUCTIONS TO NAVAL . OFFICERS, MARCH 4, 1856 1 Mr. Houston. I offer the following resolution, and ask for its consideration now. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be requested to com- municate to the Senate copies of all the instructions given by the Department to Commodore Charles S. McCauley, on the occa- sion of proceeding to the West Indies and to Havana in the steamer San Jacinto, while recently and temporarily commanding the Home Squadron; together with the instructions issued to Commodore Thomas Crabbe, commanding the United States naval forces on the coast of Africa, at the time the ship Jamestown was ordered to the West Indies, about the period referred to. 1 Congressional Globe, 1855-1856, Part 1, p. 560. A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR INFORMATION, MARCH 4, 1856 1 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be requested to com- municate to the Senate estimates of the amount of pay of the grades of captains, commanders, lieutenants, masters, passed midshipmen, and midshipmen, respectively, of the Navy, prior and subsequent to the pretended execution of the "Act to promote the efficiency of the Navy," February 28, 1855; and whether the aggregate of pay and the number of grades of officers herein specified are the same as allowed by the law prior to the said act of February 28, 1855. Mr. Houston subsequently said: I introduced a resolution this morning, in which I desire to have an alteration made by unani- mous consent. I desire to have the word "alleged" substituted
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