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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1838
a report from the Secretary of State, and accompanying docu- ments. Sam Houston. 1 The Journa.l of the House of Rev,-esentatives of the Republic of Texas, 2d Cong., Adj. Sess., 1837-1838, p. 38. The report of the Secretary of State and other documents were not printed in the Jo11rnal and have not been found.
TO THE TEXAS SENATE 1
Executive Department, Texas City of Houston, April 25, 1838.
To the Honorable Senate Gentlemen:
I have the pleasure of laying before you, the constitutional advisers of the President, the following appoint- ments which have been made during the recess of Congress, and should this list not contain all that have been made, so soon as information can be obtained from the Departments in relation to them, they will be nominated by me with much satisfaction. Henry H. Williams/ Consul for the Port of Baltimore, U.S. A. John F. Cortes,3 Consul for the Port of Natchitoches, U. S. A. John L. Hodge,~ Consul for the Port of Philadelphia, U. S. A. James D. Hamilton/ Jr., Consul for the Port of Charleston, U.S. A. George Dodson,° Consul for the Port of Mobile, U. S. A. E. 0. LeGrand/ Chief Justice of the County of San Augustine. John H. Money,8 Chief Justice for the County of Austin. Napoleon B. Thompson, 0 District Attorney for the First Judi- cial District. The advice and concurrence in the foregoing nominations by the Honorable Senate is respectfully requested. Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Sec1·et Jom"11als of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1836-1845, 107. 2 Henry H. Williams. The nomination of Henry H. Williams for the position of consul at the Port of Baltimore was confirmed by the Senate on May 2, but he did not begin the duties of his post until July, 1838, because he was not at Baltimore when the notice of his appointment was sent to him. He served in that office until the annexation of Texas in 1845. He was an excellent choice for this position, because he was a shipbuilder and his knowledge of naval matters was of considerable benefit to tho
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