WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
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company you, and which are un_der your command, and if pos- sible keep up a constant communication with this place. Your movements are not to be confined to the bay of Aranzas, but you will prosecute your search along the coast in either di- rection as far as you may think necessary for the interest of the service, to intercept and seize all articles contraband of war, designed for the Mexican camp, under either neutral or Mex- ican colors ; to send all prizes under charge of prize masters to this port for trial and adjudication. Gail Borden, Jr., Collector, is appointed prize master, for all vessels taken as prizes and brought to this place. Sam Houston.
1 E.xecutive Record Book, No. 40, p. 50, Texas State Library.
To ANSON J oNEs 1
Galveston, 11th March, 1842 Dear Jones, 2 -The moment the New York sails I will be off for Houston. I hope to see you there. I pray of you leave me news, if you leave before my arrival. You will hear that I am busy. God bless you. Thine ever Houston Hon. Anson Jones, City of Houston. 1 Anson Jones, Memoranda and Official Cor1·espondence, Republic of Texas, 172 . .,See Houston's Proclamation of the appointment of Anson Jones as Minister to the United States, June 30, 1838.
To CAPTAIN JoHN CLARK 1
Galveston, March 12h., 1842.
To Captain John Clark : 2 Sir - If you should fall in with the expedition of the Coast Guards, it is the desire of the officers who have been appointed that you should take charge of the same. You are, therefore, hereby appointed to the command and will be governed in your conduct by the instructions which will be furnished you by the First Lieutenant Commanding-Wacle. 3
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