WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 184,1
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in relation to the furniture purchased by the government for the use of the Executive, exhibiting the amount originally purchased, (as far as can be ascertained,)-the date of the purchas~s and the cost; also, what now remains on hand and its condition. '!'he present Executive has no disposition to appropriate the same to his use, on account of its ruinous condition; and would, there- fore, recommend its immediate sale, and that the proceeds be placed in the public Treasury. He can find no law regulating its disposition; and therefore, refers the matter to the action of Congress. The necessity of this communication is suggested by the fact that there are no locks on the President's House, and that what remains there is exposed to pillage, which has already commenced as he has been informed: The building itself is in a ruinous and dilapidated condition, and not in a situation to be tenanted with any degree of comfort to the occupant. Sam Houston. 1 "Messages of the Presidents," Congressional Papers; also Executive Record Book, No. 40, pp. 10-11, Texas State Library. These sources -are identical, except that the "Messages of the Presidents" contains seven enclosures as follows: Enclosure No. 1 The Republic of Texas to League, Andrews & Company,-Dr. for the following articles purchased for the Executive Department by Order of the President, to wit: 1 Dressing bureau 1 Center table ··--···-····-·-··-·' ---·--·-······----·-
100.00 85.00 75.00 100.00 125.00 52.00 28.00 15.00 32.00 70.00 24.00 5.00 60.00 229.50
1 Dining table ____________ -·------------- 1 Sofa ---·-····---··---- ---------------·------··--- 1 Doz. French chairs _______________________________________________ 1 Curled hair mattress..---------------···--·------------------·-·--· Sheets, pillow cases (two for each)--····------··---·······---·---- Bolster and Pillows______ ------------------------------------ 2 Lamps --- ----------- ------·------- 2 Looking glasses -------- 2 Hearth rugs ---------·----·-·---------------- --------------·---- 4 Door mats ------- --- ---- ---------------•·-----·----- 30 Yds. Carpeting --------------------·--·--------------------- Boxing, drayage, freight and insurance___________________________
--- $1,000.50
Twenty-five percent allowed for purchasing and advancing___
250.12-½
$1,250.62-½
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