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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON
8:226; appro,·ing or a convention o! the people or Texas, 8:268; submitting ordinance of secession, 8 :263 "Proclnmotion," name of a aaddle hone, for sale, 5 :19 Prohibition, or liquor, 1 :447; 6 :21 Pryor, Nathan, sketch or, 1 :196 Public domain, sale or, 7 :366 Public printing, 5 :367-369; 7 :34, 377, 419, 462 "Publius," David G. Burnet's pen name, 2:360, 362, 276, 386 Pue, Arthur, 8 :100 Pueblo Indians, condition and status of, 5:166, 168 Purdy, Elijah F., Jetter to, 5 :13 Rabb, Andrew, 1 :514; 2 :306 Raguel, Anno, Jetter to, l :495; 2:29, 0, 63, 99, 134, 138, 162, 184, 189, 226, 244, 266, 310, 322; poem to, 2:31; sketch of, 2 :30; mentioned, 1 :465, 525; 2 :367 Raguel, Conde, sketch of, 2 :179; Jetter to, 2 :179 Raguet, Henry, letter to, 1 :400, 413, 438, 465, 625; 2:22, 40, 150, 192, 287; 4:17; sketch of, 1 :-100; mentioned, 1 :301 Rai:sdale, Moggie, Houston's admiration of, 8:8 Railroads, to California, 5 :65; construction in Tcxns delayed. 5 :453; deposits !or construction 6:103, 182; financing of railroads in Texas, 6 :181 ; 7 :7 9; bill to in- corporate the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Company, 7 :450, 472; land grants to, 7:418, 660, 663, 666; 8:29, 91, 100, 110, 187, 212, 232; rea-ula- tion of railroads within corporate limits, 8:81 ; Houston Tap and Brazoria Railroad Company, 8 :93 Ramsey, A. K., letter to, 8 :9, l 0 Ramsey, John, 4:170, 179, 283 Ra11chcro, the stenmer, incident of, 7 :476, 476; 8:20 Randall, Henry S., Jetter to, 7 :232 Randolph, Cyrus H .. Jetter to, 7 :459, 477, 478, 489, 494. 501. 612; 8:177, 178, 189, 190; sketch of, 7 :459, 477; confidence in, 8 :103 Randolph, John. of Roanoke, statements concerning, 1 :66, 69, 70, 73, 76; sketch of, 1 :67, 186 Rangers of Texas, beginning of, "moun_ted gun men," 2 :1 07 : ranger compo.n1.es, 2:188, 425; 3:34. 71, 431, 432; e1Tect1ve troops for Indian warfare, 5:170, 189, 341; 7 :163, 172, 173, 180, 369, 381; 8:112, 205; the overage ranger company, 7 :423; 8 :62; company orders and reports, 7 :424, 426, 426, 428, 447, 476, 478, 489, 496, 499, 605, 60!1, 513, 530, 635, 641, 643; 8:171, 172, 176, 176, 177, 216, 217, 219, 221, 223, 224, 237, 238, 239, 243; efforts to secure reimbursement for the cost of ranger service after annexation, 7:148, 149, 166 Ransom, William S., letter to, 3 :401: identification of, 3 :402 Rate, Lachlan McIntosh, 3 :232, 268 Raven Hill, Houston's home near Hunts- ville, Texas, 5 :13, 14 f Raymond, Charles H ., identification o , 3:642; 4:160; mentioned, 4:340 Raymond, James H., letter to, 3:406, ~3111, Al?., 411i. 41fi. 420. 421. 422,426,426, • • 433, 437; 4:209, 216, 220, 222, 223, 227, 344, 386, 400; sketch of, 4:344; men- tioned, 3:326, 406 Reai:an, John Henniger, citation to bioa-• raphies or. 7 :628; sketch of, 8 :264: letter Re~ 0 ~a!,' 2 ~illlam R .. Jetter to, 8 :70; sketch of, 8 :70
Pre-emption settlers, Houston'• opposition to relief !or, 7 :401 Prentiu. Jamee, Jetter to. 1 :197, 200, 203, 206, 226, 234, 237, 240. 242, 243, 246, 248, 267, 263, 264, 266. 283, 286, 289, 290, 292; 2:19; 5:6; lands on the Trinity river, 1 :280; agreement with Houston, 1 :227: unable to fulfill contract, 1 :284 Presidency of the United States, Houston'a aspirations to, 5 :332-341; 6 :183, 223; 7 :29, 30, 203, 207, 214, 646, 664; 8:60, 66, 119, 121, 130 Presidential candidates in 186Q, Houston's opinion of them, 8:136 Price, Sterling, sketch of, 8 :344 Prockett, G. F. H., Jetter to, 6 :180 Proclamatians: to his defamers, 1 :196; revolution against Mexico, 1 :315; Mexi- can occupation of Bexar, 1 :360; Army Orders, 1:403; warning against panic, 1 :408; urging support of revolution, l :416; 2 :24; victory at San Jacinto, 1 :423; orders against impressment, l :440; absence of officers from posts, 1 :462: revocation of blockade of Matamoros, 1 :466; Indian treaties, 1 :4 80; Texas militia, 1 :4 92; fraudulent Texas agent-a, 1 :507; recalling letters of marque and reprisal, 1 :508; prohibiting the African slave trade, 1 :51 O; independence of Texas, 1 :524; funeral of Stephen F. Austin, 2 :28; loan commis- sioner, 2 :79; agent to Great Britain, Z:124; secretary of legation to England, 2 :126; direct taxation, 2 :133; meeting of Congress, 2 :138; letters of marque and and reprisal, 2 :139; land commissioner !or Milam County, 2 :176; recalling land scrip, 2 :177; boundary convention be- tween Texas and United States, 2:240; passports of Comanche chiefs, 2 :243; minister to the United States, 2 :24 8, 255: rules for trade along the Rio Grande, 2 :267; treaty with Great Britain, 2 :260; sole of lots in city or Sabine, 2 :312; recommending that March 2 be made a national T~anksgivings day in Texas, 2 :4~1 ; against the Regulators, 2 :469; mm,ster to France, 2 :474; free negroes in Texas, 2:476; call to arms, 2:490; op- posing impressment, 2 :4 96 ; blockade or Mexican ports, 2 :537; concerning self- appointed Texas agents, 3 :36; supplies for troops, 3 :36; appropriation for the navy, 3 :71; agent to the Lipans, 3 :146; commissioners to treat with the Indians, 3 :149; trea~y, Texas and Great Britain, 3 :159; calhng a meeting or Congress, 3:179, 199. 442; 4:386; ordering archives from Austin to Washington, Texas, 3 :227; free negroes In Texas, 3 :240 ; a treaty between Texas and the Netherlands, 3 :269; suspending Edwin W. Moore Crom com- mand in the Texns navy, 3 :338; martial law between the Nueces and Frio rivers, 3:366; armistice with Mexico, 3:409; release of Mexican prisoners in Texas, 3 :4 27; Indian treaty concluded at Bird's Fort, 3 :428; minister to the United State,, 4 :26; forfeiture of the Colorado Mining Company's charter, 4 :278 ; order for armed bonds to disperse, 7 :384; ex- pedition to Mexico declared unauthorized, 7 :534; comptroller's instructions concern- inir land values revoked, 7 :665; Thanks- givings Doy proclamation, 8 :173: comp- troller's promise to pay olT Captain Dalrymple's company revoked, 8 :188; land granted to Memucan Hunt's heirs, 8 :1 !ll; cnllinit an extrn session or con- gress, 8 :220; ordering election of dele- gatee to a convention of southern states,
Pringle, William, 3 :441 Privateers, 3 :17 Prisoners, whites held by the Indians, 3:249 Quitman, John Anthony, 7:193
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