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igencies require a scrupulous regard to all means, even the small- est, to effect this object. Induced by these considerations, and pursuing the only course of policy that will save our currency, I am compelled to return the bill to your Honorable Body, without my approval. Sam Houston [Rubric] ' 1 Cong1·cssional Pa7)ers, Sixth Congress; also E:cccutive Record Book, No. 40, p. 26, Texas State Library. T'o E. L. STICKNEY 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, January 26th, 1842. To the Honorable E. L. Stickney/ Acting Secretary of the Treas- ury: Sir- You will proceed at once to prepare for the signatures of the Executive and the Secretary of the Treasury, Exchequer bills, of different denominations, to the amount of eighty thousand dollars; which will be made payable to, and endorsed by, James W. Scott. 3 Sam Houston [Rubric] 1 Public Debt Papc1·s, Republic of Texas; Co1nvt1·oller's Letters ( the orig- inal document); also Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 27, Texas State Library. • 2 E. Lawrence Stickney lived at Nashville on the Brazos. He was nom- . inated Commissioner of Revenue by President Lamar, September 3, 1840, and the nomination was confirmed by the Senate, December 1, 1840. See .E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, Republic of Texcts, :1836-1845, 184, 189. · 3 James W. Scott was nominated Paymaster by Houston, May 10, 1837, :and the nomination was confirmed by the Senate, May 22, 1837, ibid., pp. 43, 49. To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 Executive Department, City of Austin, January 27, 1842. 'To the Honorable, the House of Repre8entatives: In compliance with a resolution of your Honorable Body, I herewith transmit communications from the Departments of State •and War and Navy, furnishing all the correspondence and evi- dence in possession of the government, in relation to the alledged illegal seizure of the "Little Penn," not hitherto communicated to Congress. 1Exccutive Record Book, No. 40, p. 27, Texas State Library.
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