WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
487
General James Hamilton made a full and detailed exposition of all the services he had rendered Texas from 1837 to 1842. His reason for doing this, he explained, was because he had· been dismissed from the diplomatic service without explanation or thanks, and that few of his dispatches had been published by the late (Lamar's administration) government and none by the existing (Houston's administration), therefore he felt it due his own reputation that he make public what he had done. He also stated that he had spent of his own money (much of it borrowed from his friends) more than $200,000 in the Texas service, none of which had been repaid, and his only security was Texas land scrip. This account, entitled "To the People of Texas," is a full page of the newspaper. For further account of the relationship between Hamilton, Texas, and Sam Houston, see Madge E. Pierce, The Services of Jwmes Hamilton to the Repuhlic of Texa$ (MS.) The University of Texas Library. Lamar Papers, IV, 55. Also, the Dic- tionary of American Biog1·aphy, VIII, 187.
MARCH, 1842
To GAIL BORDEN, JR. 1
Galveston, Texas, ·1st March, 1842 To Gain Borden Esqr Collector at the Port of Galveston 2 Sir You will write across the face of all "Exchequer Bills" received at the Custom House "Cancelled at the Custom House" and sign your name ; 3 by this evils may be prevented, and none can arise from it
Sam Houston Hon. E. L. Stickney·' Actg Sec. TreaY City of
[Addressed] :
Austin
[Endorsed] : March 1st 1842
From Gail Borden, Jr., Collector Galveston
1 Co1nptroller's Lette1·s, Texas State Library. 2 See Houston's Synopsis of Naval Expense, April 30, 1830. 8 The following letter is written below Houston's name on the above docu- ment: "Custom House, Galveston, 1st March, 18-12. "Hon. E. L. Stickney Actg Sec. of the Treasury "Sir The following is a copy of an 01·der by His Excellency the Presi- dent to cancel the Exchequer Bills received at this Custom House, and which I forward to your department at his request. I consider the measure a good one and believe a similar order from your department to the various Collectors of revenue would prove of much advantage to the Government. "It is the opinion of His Excellency and others, that the Collector Clerks
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