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you of the actual presence of Indians in the Country, and of imme- diate danger to the inhabitants, and if they may desire it, leave them subject to the order of the Governor. Sam Houston. P.S. If there are no Indians in the country, you will muster Captain John Williams' Company of forty-eight men, officers and privates, to be subject to the orders of the Executive. Sam Houston. Counties to be inspected: Mason, Llano, Gillespie, Blanco, On Hall's route: San Saba, Lampasas, Burnett, Hamilton, Comanche, Bosque, Eastland. IExecutive Records, 1859-1861, p. 160, Texas State Library. To WILLIAM o. HAIR 1 Executive Department, Austin, May 18th, 1860. Lieutenant William 0. Hair, Commanding Burnett Minute Men Sir: From your muster roll which has just reached me, I observe that you have enrolled twenty men, and I learn that several of your company are mere boys. My order transmitted to you, authorized you to enlist only fifteen men, not boys. You were also authorized, should an emergency of urgent necessity arise, to call out an additional force of ten men who were to be discharged so soon as the emergency ceased to arise. More than fifteen men will not be paid by the Legislature. As to the boys, those under eighteen years of age, will not be recognized as having been in the service of the State at all, and will not receive pay from the Legislature. Sam Houston.
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1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, Texas State Library.
To JOHN H. MANLY 1
Austin, May 17, 1860.
To the Hon. John H. Manly, Sir-Your letter accompanying resolutions passed at a mass meeting, held on the battle ground of San Jacinto, on the 21st ult., in which I am recommended as the people's candidate for the Presidency, is before me.
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