WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1838
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Above letter sent to " His Excellency Sam Houston, President of Texas'' Columbia [ Endorsed on back]: W. G. Anderson, 8th April, 1837, San Aug. Court. Note: Mr. Blake informs us that William G. Anderson was a practising lawyer in good standing with the Nacogdoches bar in 1837.
To ANSON JONES 1
CONFIDENTIAL
City of Houston, 12th June, 1838. My dear Jones,- Hoping that it may not be counter to your wishes and interest, I have resolved to appoint you the agent from this Government, for the purpose of procuring a navy in the United States, conformably to the act of this Government, passed in 1837. There has no circumstance occurred which would render the acceptance of the situation unpleasant to you, so far as you will be concerned, or the administration. In the whole matter there is nothing connected with the politics of the day. God ~eep me clear of the heat of the natural as well as . the political season. When I see you, I will explain to you some things, harmless and at the same time amusing. You will doubtless have to be absent for some nine or twelve months. Some time will be neces- sary to arrange your private business; so, come as soon as you can, and in the meantime let me know if the situation will be agreeable to you. It will meet the approbation of all the mem- bers of the cabinet. Sam Houston. Hon. Anson Jones. 2 [Endorsed]: By express, soliciting me to take the agency for the navy, changed after to minister. 1 Anson Jones, Memomnda and Official Correspondence, Republic of Texas, 132-133. 2 Anson Jones (January 20, 1789-January 9, 1858), physician, diplomat, last President of the Republic of Texas, was born in the village of Seekonk, township of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. In 1806 he moved to Root Street, where he attended a school kept by his sister Sarah; but by 1810 he was attending the schools of Great Barrington. The Jones family was poor, and young Anson had to work on a farm in order to help support the family. By the closest economy on his own part as well as that of the family, the youth was enabled to begin work on his chosen career, and by 1817, he had been reading .medicine for some time with first one and then another practising physician with whom he was able to find work. In 1817 he went to Litchfield, where he studied medicine for a Y ear. then he taught school and continued his medical studies at odd times. . , ,
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