WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1837
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If any very pressing business occurs, and advisement is neces- sary, you will find Maj Barr,2 very worthy of confidence. Sam Houston At Blacks 26th June 1837 City of Houston [ P. S. ] The officers now acting in the Departments are all worthy of trust. Houston. [ Addressed] : To Doct. Irion Secy of State City of Houston Texas p.Capt Black [ Endorsed] : Instructions from the President to open all his letters, & refer them to the proper Departments. June 26th 1837 No. 723, Box 8 1 Houston Letters in Domestic Corres1Jondence,· also, Executive Letter Book No. 2, p. 57, Texas State Library. :?Robert Barr was Postmaster General during the two years of Houston's first administration as President of the Republic of Texas, and was re- appointed by Lamar; but he died, October 11, 1839, soon after Lamar's administration had begun. Robert Barr was a soldier of San Jacinto. See Dixon and Kemp, H.e1'0es of San Jacinto, p. 378; also see notes under Houston to the Texas Senate, December 20, 1836.
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JULY, 1837
T'o THE BOWL, CHIEF OF THE CHEROKEES 1
Nacogdoches T. 3rd July, 1837. Brother, I wish to see you at this place in four days. I wish you to send word to Big Mush and bring him with the other Chiefs. I wish you to send word to the Kickapoos, and if the Caados, will come down or send three chiefs, as well, as the same number of Kickapoos Chiefs, they will be well treated, and I will take them by the hand. I wish things to be done soon, I will only have a few days to spend here at this time. I will be happy to see you and my brothers. I have a Talk, that you will like to hear. I want you to bring in with you the copy of the Treaty which I last sent to you. Don't forget to bring it. It has Ribbons and a seal on it.
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