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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1838
A PROCLAMATION ANNOUNCING THE APPOINTMENT OF ANSON JONES AS MINISTER TO THE UNITED STATES 1 SAM HOUSTON, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS To all to whom these presents shall come, GREETING: KNOW YE, That for the purpose of confirming between the Republic of Texas and the Government of the United States perfect harmony and good correspondence, and of removing all grounds of dissatisfaction, and reposing especial trust and con- fidence in the integrity, prudence and ability of Anson Jones, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Texas, near the said Government of the U. States, I have invested him with full and all manner of power and authority for and in the name of the Republic of Texas, to meet and confer with any person or per- sons duly authorized by the said Government of the U. States, being furnished with like power and authority and with him or them to agree, treat, consult, and negotiate of and concerning, Amity, Commerce, Navigation, Annexation, and Limits between the two countries, and of all matters and subjects, connected therewith, and to conclude and sign a treaty, or treaties, conven- tion or conventions touching the premises, transmitting the same to the President of the Republic of Texas for his final ratifica- tion, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the Republic of Texas. In testimony whereof, I have caused the great seal of the Republic of Texas to be hereunto affixed. [SEAL] Given under my hand at the City of Houston, the [ 25th] day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Independence of the Republic of
Texas the third. By the President.
Sam Houston.
R. A. Irion, Secretary of State
1 Doc11mcnts imdc1· the Great Secil, Record Book No. SS, 65, Texas State Library. 2 Anson Jones. See Houston to Anson Jones, June 12, 1838.
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