WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
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J. P. Lansing, A. A. Waite,
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Geo. C. Bunner, " William A. Tennison, William Oliver, Cyrus Cummings, C. B. Snow, D. C. Wilbur, M. H. Dearborn, Thomas P. Anderson, R. M. Clark,
Lieutenant: " " " " " Surgeon: " "
J. B. Gardiner, Norman Hurd, F. T. Wells, J. F. Stephens, W. T. Brannun,
Purser:
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The consent and confirmation of your Honorable Body, are respectfully requested to the foregoing nominations, because of the necessity frequently arising in the prosecution of the duties of the service, for an exhibition of the commissions of the various officers, both upon the high seas and in courts of justice, as recently happened in the demand of this government for the mutineers of the Schooner San Antonio. Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, Re1)'ltblic of Texas, 1836-1845, p. 226; Executive Record Boole, No. 40, 121-122, Texas State Library. ~These nominations were all confirmed by the Senate on the same day they were presented. E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Jou1"1mls of tM Senate, Re- pz,blic of Texas, 1836-1845, 226.
To THE TEXAS SENATE 1
Executive Department, City of Houston, July 19th, 1842.
To the Honorable, the Senate: In answer to a resolution of your honorable body of this date, in relation to the revenue, I have to state, that to insure the col- lection of the duties in the eastern section of the country, it will be proper to authorize the Collector at the city of Sabine, to have authority and the means necessary to compel all vessels entering the pass of Sabine to come to, and exhibit their manifests and
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