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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1837
J. W. Moody auditor 25th
to audit for $177.45
Military
Dec 1835 No. Draft 1475. 1 Co111pt>-oller's M·ilita1·y Se1·vice Records, Archives, Texas State Library. Feb 9th 1837
~Houston to the Texas Senate, December 20, 1836. 3 Houston to Will:am P. Smith, December 25, 1835.
TO THE SENATE OF TEXAS 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, 10th May, 1837. Gentlemen of the Senate: I take pleasure in presenting to you for your constitutional advice and ratification the follow- ing appointements: Albert T. Burnley 2 and Thomas W. Gilmer 3 as commissioners to the United States to negotiate a Loan of One Million of Dollars. Your concurrence is respectfully solicited and your ratifica- tion will be highly gratifying. Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1886-1845, 42. 2 See Houston's Proclamation of the issue of the Five Million Dollar Loan, April 24, 1837. 3 Thomas Walker Gilmer (April 6, 1802-February 28, 1844). See the Dictionary of American Biogrnphy, VII, 308-309. G. P. Garrison (ed.), Diplomatic Correspondence of the Republic of Texas II, 261. · To THE SENATE 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, May 10, 1837. Gentlemen of the Senate : I take great pleasure in submit- ting to your Honorable body the following Gentlemen for the offices specified, for your ratification, who have been appointed during the recess of Congress: J. Pinckney Henderson, Secretary of State, 2
William S. Fisher, Secretary of War, 3 Peter W. Grayson, Attorney General.- 1
Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Jo1wnal.s of the Senate, Republic of Texas 1886-1845, 42. 2 See Houston to the Texas Senate, November 24, 1836. 3 See Election Proclamation for Gonzales County, March 11, 1837. ~see appointment of A. T. Burnley, Loan Commiss:oner, April 24, 1837.
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