WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1842
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To COLONEL JACOB SNIVELY 1
Houston, 25th July, 1842
Col. J. Snively You will please to issue to Robert T. Royston a small patent Gun and take his receipt for same, as he is on business by order of the Government. Sam Houston [ Rubric] To Colonel Jacob Snively . . [ Endorsed] : Received the gun mentioned in above order. R..T. Royston [ Rubric]
1 Army Papers, 1842, Texas State Library.
To WASHINGTON D. MILLER 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, July 25, 1842. To W. D. Miller, Esq. S_ir, You are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to take charge of the Bureau of the General Post Office, as its Head, and perform the duties pertaining thereto according to law. A clerk of the State Department will, whenever necessary, assist you in the transaction of business. Sam Houston 1 Washington D. Miller Pape1·s, Texas State Library. See Houston to Washington D. Miller, December 13, 1841.
To COLONEL [L. M.] HENRY W ASHINGTON 1
City of Houston, July 26, 1842
To Col. H. Washington : Dear Sir- I have learned with regret and sorrow that it has been reported that you were a defaulter to this government. I do not know in what way you could have become so, for you never had, within my knowledge, any government property or money in your hands. For my part I have always regarded you, and still regard you as a gentleman of strict honor, fine feelings, pure integrity and exalted chivalry. These traits, in my estimation, you possess; and I assure you that my confidence in you is unimpaired; nor
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