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may return from the army with public arms, public property, or property impressed, to be forthwith returned-the arms and public property to John W. White, Quarter Master of the Regi- ment, and all the impressed property to the owners. Sam Houston 1 Excc11tive Record Book, No. 40, p. 53, Texas State Library. To MAJOR lsAAc WATTS BURTON 1 Executive Department, City of Ho_uston, March 17h. 1842. To Major I. W. Burton : 2 Sir,-I send by you as far as Crockett, some proclamations with a request that you will forward a portion of them throughout the East. I would recommend that the troops be organized and ready to turn out at the first call of the President. They will not be called from their homes unless the necessities of the country absolutely require it to be done. I would also recommend that all the single men form them- selves into volunteer corps, ready to march at a moment's warn- ing. I require that no imP'ressment of property take place. It will ruin the country and shall not be tolerated, only by order of the Executive. You will please forward this letter, or copies of it, with the proclamation. You will prevent all persons with arms, or mounted on good horses, from passing Eastward, unless they can account satis- factorily for themselves; as many arms and horses have been taken improperly. Let impressment without orders be punished as the laws will enforce. Sam Houston. 1 Execut·ive Reco-rd Book, No. 40, p. 53, Texas State Library. 2 Isaac Watts Burton. See Houston to the Texas Senate, November 10, 1836.
To WASHINGTON D. MILLER 1
City of Houston, 17th March, 1842.
My dear Miller, Your favors are before me. I have but little time to write, as my press of business has been great. My
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