WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
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to Doctor Anson Jones,4 and request that he will come to me as soon as possible. You will then proceed on to where you may find Col. George W. Hockley, 5 Secretary of War, and W. D. Miller, 0 Esq., my Private Secretary, and let them know that I desire them to come to me. If Col. Hockley is usefully employed in the army, and he should think that his presence necessary there, he may remain until I can learn more of our situation. No express has been received from any of the forces; nor does the Executive know what may be depended upon. Rumors are arriving hourly and daily, but no authentic facts. I wish my secretary and all the officers of the Government. Let the archives be brought here immediately. Expresses have been sent to the East for all the troops to be in readiness. I desire to hear all the news, and to know the authentic state of the army, or forces in the field. Sam Houston [Rubric] 1 Congressional Papers, Sixth Congress, Republic of Texas, Texas State Library. :?Qwen O'Brien was often employed by Houston for express duty. 3 Oliver Jones was a native of Massachusetts, but was one of the earliest settlers from the United States to Texas, coming with Stephen F. Austin's first colony in 1822. In 1824 he commanded an expedition against the troublesome Carankawa Indians; 1830-1832 he served as sheriff of Austin's colony; in 1834 he represented Texas in the Legislature of Texas-Coahuila at Monclova, and he was a member of the Annexation Convention in 1845. He died at Houston in 1868. See Thrall, A Pictorial History of Texas, 575; Baker, Texas Scrap Book, 280. 1 See Houston's Proclamation of the Appointment of Anson Jones to the United States, June 30, 1838. 0 See Houston to D. C. Banett, January 2, 1836. 6 See Houston to Washington D. Miller, December 13, 1841.
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