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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON
2 :97; number of men in, 1:389, 410, 377; 5 :118; orders to, 1 :403, 440: 2 :23, 61, 69, 66, 71, 72. 503, 509, 610, 5ll, 612; 4:ll, 19; condition and prospects oi, 1 :380, 393, 436; 2:86, 165; 3:283, 296; executive orders for regulation of, 1 :611. 623; 3:29; election oi officers, 3 :292. 294; promo- tions regulated by law. 4 :96; the surgeon general of, 2 :116; payment of volunteers, 1 :489; cost to maintain a cavalry com- pany for one year, 3:251; sale of army goods, 3 :270 Arnold, E . J ., letter to, 4 :277 Arnold, Colonel Matthew, letter to, 1 :136 Arnold, Thomas Dickens, sketch oi, 1 :231, 249, 262, 264 Arnold, Hayden S., 1 :476; sketch of, 1 :.i77 Atascosa County, Houston denies it ranger service, 8 :6 2 Atchison, Daniel D., sketch of, 7 :654: letter to, 8 :66 Atkinson, John, consul to Great Britain, 3:257 Aubrey, W. P., letter to, 3:60; sketch of, 3 :61 Auchinclose, James, letter to, 4:498 Audrey & Payne, lawyers, 5 :70 Augustin, Henry W., sketch of, 2 :162 Austin, description of the city, 2 :316, 316, 321. 322, 368, 372 Austin, unsafe location for the government. 4 :149, 150; unsafe location for the national archives, 3:155, 169, 499, 514 Austin, Archer & Wharton, letter to. 1 :323 Austin College, letter to the faculty o{, 8 :310 Austin's colony, Houston's application for headright in, l :271, 272 Austin, Stephen F., in Mexican prison, l :280; citation to biography of, l :286; general mention of, l :287, 314, 457; letter to, l :462, 522; orders concerning funeral of, 2 :28; Austin's attitude concerning Chero- kee lands, 2 :34 3, 36 6; letter to Hous- ton, 4 :22: the title Father of Texas, 5:268; Houston's review of his relations with Austin, 5 :364-369, 459, 460, 461, 462 Austin, John H., 2 :148 "Austin Party," 5 :368 Austin State Committee, 7 :215, 219 Austin, William T., appointed aide to Hous- ton, l :372; sketch of, l :373; letter to, l :372; duel with John A. Wharton, 1 :294; letter to Houston, 4 :20 Ayres. David, letter to, 4 :377; sketch of, 4 :377 Auxiliary Guard, Houston's remarks con- cerning, 6 :64 Bacon, Sumner, 1 :431, 432 Bagby, Thomas M .• letter to, 3 :179, 286, 251, 282, 299, 325; 5 :92: sketch of, 3 :172 Bailey, Edward, letter to, 8 :4 9 Bailey, G., Indian agent, 7 :230 Bainee, George Washington, letter to, 7 :32: sketch of, 7 :33 Baker, Daniel, first president of Austin Col- lege, 5:305 Baker, Joseph, judge o( Bexar County, l :513 Baker, Mosley. letter to, 1 :396; sketch of, l :396; mentioned, 2 :299, 390 Baldridge, James, 4 :386 Baldwin, G. W., letter to, 3 :439 Baldwin, Horace, letter to, 3 :169 Ballot box frauds, Houston's inquiry con- cerning, 8 :131 Baltimore Convention, 7 :647 Baltimore platform, Houston's support of, 5 :496 Bank, the Agricultural and Commercial, first in Texas, l :607; 2 :369 Banta, William, letter to, 7 :669, 562: sketch of, 7 :559 Barbecue, useful means for promulgating propaganda, 7:374, 375
Barber, S. R., letter to, 7 :486 Barbour, James, 1 :7•t, 109, 139 Darker, ............,
Miss, Houston's admira-
tion of, 2 :99 Barkley, B. F .• sketch of, 7:512 Barnard, E. L., identification of, 3 :221 Barnes, C. D., 4:501 13arnes, John, consul nt London. 2:•130 Barnwell, Robert, Houston's tribute to, 5:224 Barr, Robert, first postmaster of Texas, 1 :522; sketch o!, 1 :622; 2:131 Barret, James, 7 :529 Barret, William, letter to, 7 :529 Barrett, Don Carlo~. letter to, l :314, 315, 319, 327, 330; sketch or, t :314, 385: Houston's opinion of, 7 :24, 26 Barrett, John F., letter to, 8 :187 Barry. James Buckner, sketch of, 8:216; letter to, 8 :21 8 Barry, ,vmiom Taylor, aketch of, 1 :134, 226, 227 Bartlett & Gray. their book on the Mexican boundary, 5:442-446 Bartle Lt, Lieutenant, 6 :268, 269, 339, 340 Bateman & Frey, letter to, 8:166 Battle, Mills M., 3 :49 3 Battle, Nicholas William, sketch or. 8 :205 Bauer, ···-----·- Dr.• bearer or a letter from Ashbel Smith, 5:10 Baylor. John R.. 4 :383 Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe, biogrophical data, 2:12 Baylor, Doctor, 2 :212 Bayly, Thomas H .. letter to, 5:212; sketch of, 5:212 Beales, John Charles, empresario, 1 :239, 240;2:49 Benn, Ellis P. (also found Peter Ellis), sketch or. 2 :132; Houston's reply to Bean's charge against him, 2 :160; Jetter to, 4 :37 Bean, Richard, 1 :176 Bedwell, John S., letter to, 7 :566 Bee. Bornnrd E., sketch of, 1 :454: escort of Santa Anna to Washington, 1 :454, 488, 494: 2:27: Secretary of Wor for Texas, 2 :14 9: correspondence with Santa Anna, 2:527 Beeson (Deason). Benjamin, sketch of, 1:382 Beeson's Ferry, 1 :382: 2 :23 Bell, James Hall, sketch of. 7 :388 Bell, John, letter to, 4 :3: biographical data, 5:154 Dell, Peter H., letter to, 5:237, 252; sketch of, 5 :258 Delmont, Augustus, minister to Austria, 6 :200, 231: biographical data, 6:231, 235 Ben Ash's widow (Indian woman}, pass- port ior, 4 :376 Bennet, Valentine, sketch or, 2 :186 Dennett, Elijah, claims or, 2 :419 Bennett, James A., letter to, 4:378, 379 Dennett, James. cpmplaint concerning a military election, 8 :88 Bennett, J oaeph L., Jetter to, 3 :128; sketch of, 3:131, 160, 171; his letter to Houston, 7 :321 Benton, .Jesse, nominated district attorney, 2 :430 Benton, Thomas H., renewal of an old friendship with Houston, 1 :140: Houston's tribute to him, 5 :135 Bergh, Maximilian Vanden, consul to Antwrep, 3 :492 Berry, John G., letter to, 2:387: 3:~42: sketch of, 2:387. 472 . Berryan, ..........., Miss, Houston's admira- tion or, S :4 Besser. John S., aketch of, 7:449; Houston's proclamation against, 7 :451; Houston's antagonism, 7 :440, 461 Beverly, Carter, letter to, l :122
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