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18 H. L. Cooke. No further information is available. 19 Lysander Wells. See Houston to George W. Hockley, August 4, 1838. 2 0Ralph Kellogg. On July 11, 1839, Samuel M. Williams writing to Presi- dent Lamar, recommending Ralph Kellogg for the Texas consulate at Boston, says that Kellogg lived in Boston. (See Lamar Papers, V, 299.) This nomination was not confirmed, and it seems that Kellogg never be- came a consul for the Texas Republic. 21 Nathaniel Amory was a chief clerk in the State Department of the Republic on October 29, 1839. He served as secretary of the Texas legation at Washington, 1839-1842, and was acting chcirge d'nffaires at Washington from January to March, 1842, and became consul at Boston on December 14, 1842. See Lamar Pape1·s, III, 242-243. Garrison (ed.), Diplomatic Cor- respondence of the Republic of Texas, II, 438. E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Sena.te, Republic of Texas, 1886-1845, 114, 116, 161, 232. The Southwestem Historical Quarterly, XXXIII, 227.
To ROBERT A. IRION, SECRETARY OF STATE 1
Houston, Nov. 14th 1838 The Secretary of State will be pleased to appoint Mr. H. L. Cooke Chief Justice. The Court sits on Monday next. Sam Houston
1 Lette1· Book No. 49, p. 197, Texas State Library.
To THE CONGRESS OF TEXAS 1
Executive Department, City of Houston, 16 Nov. 1838.
To the Honorable Congress Gentlemen The Executive feels it his duty to communicate to your Honorable Body, that since the last session of Congress the Honorable James Collinsworth, Chief Justice of the Republic, deceased, and rendered it necessary for the Executive to make a pro tern [pore] appointment, which was conferred upon the Hon[orable] John Birdsall 2 and has the hono~ now to communi- cate the facts to your Hon[orable] Body that it may adopt such action, as its reason may direct. Sam Houston 1E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1896-1845, 114. zsee Houston to John Birdsall, February 22, 1838.
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