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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1837
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To THE SENATE, NOMINATING MEMUCAN HUNT MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO THE UNITED STATES 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, 10th May, 1837. Gentlemen of the Senate: With pleasure I present to you for your constitutional advice and ratification the appointment of Memucan HunP as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Government of the United States of North America. Your concurrence is respectfully solicited and your ratification will be highly gratifying. Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Jounials of the Senate, Rep1tblic of Texas, 1836-1845, 42-43. 2 See Appointment of Hunt and Wharton agents to the United States, December 31, 1836. To THE SENATE, APPOINTING ARMY OFFICERS 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, 10th May, 1837. Gentlemen of the Senate With pleasure I enclose to you for your constitutional advice and ratification, the following appointment of Officers in the Army of Texas. ·Your concurrence is respectfully solicited, and your ratification will be highly gratifying. Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, Revublic of Texas, 1836-184·5, 43. There follows a list of appointments, five and one-half pages long, of officers actually in the service in the Army of the Republic of Texas.
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CERTIFICATION OF LEWIS KRAATS' SERVICE 1
City of Houston, 11th May, 1837. From the day that Capt. Kraats 2 entered Texas with his com- pany he was in service, and will be allowed pay for two months in advance. Sam Houston. 1 Comptrolle,· Milita111 Se1·vice Reco1·ds, Texas State Library. 2Lewis Kraats [correct spelling of name is probably Krattz] was a sol- dier of San Jacinto. Besides this document in the Comptroller- Military Service Records, one in the Pension Pa7Jers, Texas State Library, shows that
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