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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1838
In testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the great Seal of the Republic to be affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Houston, this Sixth day of November A. D. 1838, and of the Independence of the Republic of T'exas the Third. By the President [SEAL] Sam Houston R. A. Irion Secretary of State 1 Docmnents uncle1· the Grecit Seal, Reco1·d Book, No. 97, p. 34, Texas State Library. Telegrciph ci-n<l Texas Register, December 19, 1838. CONVENTION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR MARKING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THEM 1 [November 6, 1838] Whereas, the treaty of limits, made and concluded on the twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hun- dred and twenty-eight, between the United State of America, on the one part, and the United Mexican States, on the other, is binding upon the Republic of Texas, the same having been en- tered into at a time when Texas formed a part of the said United Mexican States; and Whe·reas, It is deemed proper and expedient, in order to pre- vent future disputes and collissions [sic] between Texas and the United States, in regard to the boundary between the two coun- tries as designated by the said treaty, that a portion of the same should be run and marked without unnecessary delay- The President of the Republic of Texas has appointed Memucan Hunt its Plenipotentiary, and the President of the United States has appointed John Forsyth their Plenipotentiary: And the said Plenipotentiaries having exchanged their full powers, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles: Art. 1. Each of the contracting parties shall appoint a Com- missioner and Surveyor, who shall meet before the termination of twelve months from the exchange of the ratifications of this Convention, at New Orleans, and proceed to run and mark that portion of the said boundary which extends from the mouth of the Sabine, where that river enters the Gulf of Mexico, to the Red River. They shall make out plans and keep journals of their proceedings, and the result agreed upon by them shall be con- sidered as part of this Convention, and shall have the same force
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