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PAGE A pardon for a negro slave, February 5, 1861.___________________________________ 258 To the Texas Legislature, February 6, 1861, transmitting the resolutions of the Legislatures of Louisiana and Georgia..... ________ 259 Proclamation submitting the Ordinance of Secession, February 9, 1861.... 263 Extract from a Houston letter, February 20, 1861..__________________________ 263
MARCH, 1861 To Martin A. Lee, March 2, 1861, relative to cattle and farm business To a committee of the Secession Convention, March 6, 1861, concerning the life and work of the Secession Convention____ To LeRoy Pope Walker, March 13, 1861, concerning the status of Texas, and the authority and functions of the Secession Convention'----- To the People of Texas, March 16, 1861, concerning the desperate con- dition of the State, resulting from usurpation of authority and power
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by the Secession Convention_________________ 271 Message to the Texas Legislature, March 18, 1861, concerning the status and condition of the State resulting from the action of the Secession Convention, and his own refusal to take the Test Oath,,______ 278 Houston's attitude concerning his removal from the Governor's office, March 19, 1861 ____________________ 293 To F. W. Grasmeyer, March 31, 1861, concerning complaints made against him in 1836, concerning his loyalty to Texas___________________ 293 To Charles A. Waite, March 29, 1861, declining assistance by the United States Government to sustain him in the Governor's office____ 294 Houston's speech at Brenham, March 31, 1861 _____ 295 APRIL-SEPTEMBER, 1861 Report of a speech at Galveston, April 19, 1861___________ 300 Houston's speech at Independence, May 10, 1861__________ 301 To Sam Houston, Jr., May 15, 1861, a family letter________ 305 To Sam Houston, Jr., May 22, 1861, a family letter_________ 306 To Clemen~ R. Johns, July 11, 1861, relative to the payment of taxes____ 307 To Sam Houston, Jr., July 22, 1861, something concerning the status of the country and the duty of citizens___ ___ ____________ 308 To Clement R. Johns, August 23, 1861, thanking him for prompt at- tention concerning the payment of his taxes_________ 309 To the faculty of Austin Co)lege, August 25, 1861, asking for admission of a student on a scholarship________________ 310 To the Editors of the Civilian, September 12, 1861, concerning the con.. tinued persecution by editors, and explaining his position in political affairs ------------------------ 310 1862 To Williamson S. Oldham, April 5, 1862, asking for a promotion for his son, Sam Houston, Jr.___________________ 315 To Francis R. Lubbock, August 9, 1862, citing various laws that should control certain conditions, and offering his own opinions concerning critical issues of the times______________ 316 To S. M. Swenson, August 14, 1862, rejoicing at his safe return_______ 320
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