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have made the requisite alterations on the face of the papers, and return such as you request. I hope that this will be satisfactory to you, and I will than!< you to address me at Cedar Bayou in reply, and send the receipts to me. No news except the last good news from Missouri. The Lyons don't thrive in cold climates. Yours truly, Sam Houston. [Endorsed]: Ansd &. fresh receipts sent--Asst Rolls corrected. No. 231. Sam Houston. Cedar Bayou, Chambers County, Texas. August 23, 1861. Ans & recpts sent, Sept. 10, 1861. 1 Comptrolle1·s' Lette1·s, Texas State Library; photostatic copy is in The University of Texas Library. Both the original and the photostat have attached to it the revised assessment list. See Houston to Johns, July 11, 1861.
To THE FACULTY OF AUSTIN CoLLEGE 1
Huntsville, 25th August, 1861.
To the Faculty of Austin College, Huntsville, Texas Gentlemen: You will please admit Sam M. Pinteno as a student of Austin College by virtue of a scholarship held by me, until further orders. Sam Houston [Rubric]
1 Sann Penland Scrap Book, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas.
TO THE EDITORS OF THE CIVILIAN 1
Cedar Point, Texas, September 12, 1861.
Messrs. Editors of the Civilian: Gentlemen :-Fondly had I hoped that in retirement, after a public life of more than forty-eight years, I would have been permitted to enjoy rest and tranquility in the bosom of my family, and where my friends would always find my rustic home accessible to the calls of friendship; but even in this I have been disappointed. For some time past, I had heard that my position had been referred to by editors in different parts of the country, and that my proclivities were also referred to as favoring coer- cion by Mr. Lincoln. In confirmat"ion of this fact, the follow- ing extract from the New York Herald has been brought to my notice by a friend.
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