WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
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I certify that the above estimate is founded on the best data that could be obtained. J. Snively. Department of War & Marine, Houston, Texas, July 28, 1842. The Comptroller is authorized to issue a draft in favor of J. Snively for One Hund1·ed Dollars, chargeable to the appropriation for frontier protection. G. W. Hockley, Sec. War & Marine
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28th July, 1842 Sam Houston [Rubric]
APPROVED
1 Miscellaneous Comptroller Papers, Texas State Lib1·ary.
To GENERAL JAMES DAVIS 1
City of Houston, 28th July, 1842. Dear General: As you are about to retire for the present from the service, I take pleasure in assuring you of my approbation of the manner in which you have executed the duties of your com- mand. You accepted it under the most discouraging circum- stances. The men were disorganized. They had been mutinous. Their supplies were insufficient. The country was without means to sustain you in the command. Desertion left you almost without men. You were attacked by more than treble your numbers of men and tho' you were with- out defenses against the enemy artillery, by your skill and firm- ness you gallantly repulsed the assailants with loss on their part whilst you preserved your command from injury or loss of life. You will have with you my confidence and best wishes, and should your services be again required, I have full confidence that you will be found at the post of ·honor, and gallantly defending your country. Sam Houston [ Rubric] [Addressed]: General James Davis 2 Present 1 Compt.1·oller's M-i/it.a,·y Se1·vice Reco1·ds, also Executive Reconl Book, No. 40, pp. 134-135, Texas State Library. 2 See Houston to General James DaYis, May 5, 1842; also June 15, July 10, 28, 1842.
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