The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume II

CALENDAR

XXIX

PAGE To Charles Mason, February 5, 1842, instructing him not to audit claims for equivalents where pay had been received and receipted for__ ____ 479 To Jacob Snively February 5, 1842, informing him of his appointment as Assistant Inspecto1· General, as well as Paymaster and Quarter- master of Subsistence, under orders of the Secretary of War_ ___ 479 To the House of Representatives, February 5, 1842, vetoing a bill "to provide for the funding and redemption of the debt of the Republic of Tfc'xas" ------·- ··-----··-··-···----····-------·-----·- ·-·---·---·--··-- 479 To the Texas Congress, February 5, 1842, presenting to Congress a statement of the exposed condition of the national archives._..___ 481 To William Henry Daingerfield, February 6, 1842, ordering him to New Orleans to superintend the execution of the engraved or lithographed bills -·· ___ _ _ _ _____ - ---··-·-·--- 482 A Proclamation, February 15, 1842, of a Colonial Contract between Henry Castro and John Jassaud and the Republic of Texas......____ 483 To Washington D. Miller, February 15, 1842, discussing affairs in gen- eral, and the probability of Santa Anna's making war on Texas._ 484 To William Henry Daingerfield, February 27, 1842, relating general news, and instructing Daingerfield to notify James Hamilton that he must make a full report of his missions as they affected Texas- both in Europe and the United States---··-··--·-·-···---·---··-·-·-·- 485 MARCH, 1842 .To Gail Borden, Jr., March 1, 1842, ordering him to cancel the Ex- chequer bills received at the Custom House at Galveston........___ 487 To ----( ?) , a merchant at Galveston, March 8, 1842, ordering that Ashbel Smith, cluwge cl'ciffc1,i1-es to France, be allowed as many staff buttons as he desired·-···--··-····-·····-·---·----·- - ---··--··-- ·---- 488 To Alden A. M. Jackson, March 8, 1842, suggesting that he have one company ready to march at a moment's notice.·-·-··- ··········-··----·-· 488 To Count Leon de Serin and Others, March 9, 1842, saying he had no power to extend the provisions of the act donating land to emi- grants ·-··-····--·····-···-·-·-··---··-·----·--·----------·--·-·-····-·--·------- 489 "To My Countrymen," a General Call to Arms, March 10, 1842........- ..- 490 To General Edwin Morehouse, March 10, 1842, ordering him to hold the troops in readiness to march at a moment's notice·--···---·--·---·----·-- 491 To General Alexander Somervell, March 10, 1842, ordering him to go to headquarters, take command, and report to the Secretary of War.... 492 To Gail Borden, Jr., ordering him to forward by George Allen, such arms as he had in the Custom House---·····-·-·-·-····-··--··-···--··-·-··--- 493 To Colonel Alden A. M. Jackson, March 10, 1842, ordering that the fort at the east end of Galveston Island be placed in an efficient state of defense in case of the descent of the enemy by sea..·-···························· 494 To George W. Hockley, March 10, 1842, instructing him to inform all Department Heads that he had orders to remove, forthwith, nll public archives of the Republic to Houston......·-··- ··-·-····-····-·- -···· •··•-- 495 To James E. Haviland, March 11, 1842, appointing him Second Second Lieutenant of the Steamer Lafitte ···-------··- -·-·-·- ···- ···· ······- ··········.,· ···- 496

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