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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1837
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used better phraseology than what I did. As to what I said for myself, that will do better. I will write to the Boys soon, and in the meantime, present my kind regards to you Pa, Ma and little ones. Report says that you and Capt. Edwards are to be united- Is it so? Bye the Bye, I am told that it is reported that I am married to Mrs. Long! I never saw her but twice, and I don't think she wou'd marry me, and besides she has one or two pretty Grand Children, which wou'd argue that she was older than I am! I will not marry until I can once more go to Nacogdoches and see how my matters are there! and if my tenants have erected me comfortable cabbins; why then I may look out for a "spare rib" to appropriate to myself. I wish you wou'd write to me and explain the innuendoes in relation to the City of Houston. Salute my friends and believe me your very obliged and sincere friend, Sam Houston To Miss A. W. Raguet. [P. S. ] I have a thousand things to say, but no time to add more. I hope to hear good news from the U. States ere long. 1 Dallas Morning News, March 14, 1915. The original letter is in the possession of Mrs. J. R. Irion, Dallas, Texas. ~see Houston to Anna Raguet, January 1, 1837. 3 See Houston to the Texas Senate, December 2, 1836.
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ALEXANDER A. HORTON'S DISCHARGE 1
[January 30, 1837] This is to certify that Major Alexander Horton~ was appointed my aide with the rank and pay of a Major of Cavalry, on the 28th November 1835, and continued in service until the 20th September 1836-and was at the Battle of San Jacinto where he distinguished himself by his coolness and bravery, and is hon- orably discharged. Given under my hand at Columbia, this Thirtieth day of Jan- uary, 1837. Sam Houston [Rubric] 1 Comptrolle1·'s Military Se1-vice Records, Texas State Library. 2Alexander A. Horton (April 18, 1810-January 11, 1894), Texas pioneer and soldier, was the son of Julius and Susannah (Purnell) Horton, Ho was born in North Carolina, but in 1818 his family moved to San
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