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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1860
To HENRY E. BRADFORD AND OTHERS 1 Executive Department, Austin, Texas, November 28, 1860. Messrs. Henry E. Bradford, E. H.P. Bristowe, James F. Hardin,_ and Others. Gentlemen: Your letter of the 26th has just reached me. ·Your county is in the 27th Senatorial District, consequently comprising a part of the Fourteenth Division of the Militia, under the general law providing for its organization. From the tenor of your letter, I infer that you propose to organize a volunteer corps subject to a more stringent discipline and drill. If such be your desire, you can organize under the act approved February 15th, 1858, incorporating Military Compani_es. You will find this law on page 220, General Laws, Session 1858. Respectfully Sam Houston. 1Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 261, Texas State Library.
To EDWARD BURLESON 1
Executive Department, Austin, Texas, November 30, 1860. Colonel Ed. Burleson, San Marcos, Texas My Dear Colonel, I think that it will be necessary for me to order out a full company into the service, and I wish to see you on the subject if you can conveniently come over. If you cannot come, I will be happy to know from you whether it would be agreeable for you to raise a company, if I should order one out? The reason that I so much wish to see you in person is to discuss with you what outfit will be necessary for a company at this season of the year, and the probability of obtaining supplies on the fron- tier for the troops. Sam Houston. 1Governors' Letters; also Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 263, Texas State Library. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS 1 Executive Department, Austin, Texas, December 3, 1860. Fellow Citizens: Although the excited state of public feeling growing out of the late Presidential election, has induced many to believe the people have become the victims of agitators, yet I still have the confidence in their good sense to believe that they
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