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shall rumor or base artifice ever influence my opinions or my feelings. Sam Houston. 1 Exec.utive Record Book, No. 40, p. 132, Texas State Library. See Hous- ton to Colonel L. M. H. \\'ashington, April 1, 1842. To WILLIAM G. CRUMP 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, July 26, 1842. . To William G. Crump, Esq., Acting Secretary of the Treasury: Sir,- You will issue twelve thousand dollars, or the amount of the unexpended balance, of the Naval appropriation of twenty thousand dollars for the current year. It may be best to have as much as possible signed of the one hundred dollar notes, or of the largest size on hand. Sam Houston [ Rubric] [Endorsed]: President, July 26th, 1842, Authorizing the issue of the unexpended balance of the Naval Appropriation.
1 Comptroller's Letters; also Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 132, Texas State Library.
To JOSEPH L. BENNETT 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, July 26th, 1842.
To Col. Joe L. Bennett 2 Sir -
The Executive has always had it in contemplation to retaliate upon Mexico, for the late outrages upon the persons and property of Texan citizens. To accomplish this, he must rely upon voluntary service alone. The chivalry and patriotism of his Countrymen, when well directed- can accomplish much. He is determined that nothing shall be wanting on his part to effect the object in view. For its effectuation, he proposes to receive upward of a thousand men to be mounted equipped and pre- pared at their own expense for the proposed campaign. The Government will furnish nothing but authority to march, and such supplies of ammunition, as may be needful for the cam-
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