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2 0n November 11, 1837, Houston appointed James C. Allen Judge Advo- cate General of the Army of Texas, and the appointment was confirmed. See SecnJt Joun1als of the Senate, p. 66. A REPLY TO PETER E. BEAN'S CHARGE OF BREACH OF CONTRACTl A certain Peter E. Bean 2 having published a notice in .the Nacogdoches Chronical that I had forfeited a contract made with him on the 25 August last, now this is to notify all persons that the bargain is not void, as I notified said Bean in writing dated as early as the 15th July, 1836, that the cash would be ready on the day on which it should fall due. The tenant whom I left in possession of the premises I shall hold responsible to me for their delivery in good order. Sam Houston. City of Houston, Nov. 15, 1837. 1 Tclegraph a-nd Texas Register, November 25, 1837, Bean's charge of breach of contract has not been found; the Telegraph and Texas Register did not carry it, and the Nacogdoches Chronicle is not available. 2 Peter Ellis Bean. See Houston to William Goyens, July 3, 1837.
To HENRY RAGUETl
City of Houston, 16th Nov 1837
Dear Colonel, Long since wou'd I have written to you, but my health has been wretched, and this is the first letter written by me since my convalescence. Nothing wou'd afford me so much pleasure as health and leisure to correspond with my friends. The duties of station, I must submit to, and miserable perplexi- ties of office. The Congress is progressing in matters, but to what good effect I will let others determine, and at the same time hope for "better days." There is a systematic opposition to the President, and, it grows out of the very Laudable feeling, of envy, and a disposi- tion, to put him down that they may have it in their power to establish all the fraudulent land claims which corruption, has originated-but in this, I trust they will fail. The course which Genl. Rusk has pursued in this congress is highly honorable, to himself, and should be gratifying to his friends, and constitutents. There can be no doubt, but what he has been, the most efficient, advocate of t.he true policy, of our
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