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be appointed to interfere with your powers, but you will be per- mitted to commence and finish the work. It it important, and I have confidence in your courage, capacity, and patriotism. God speed you in the good work. Sam Houston. lExccnt.-ivc Rcconl Book, No. 40, pp. 141-152, Texas State Library. :?See Houston to W. H. Daingerfield, April 1, 1842. 3 Charles Elliot, British Consul General to Texas, arrived at Galveston on August 6, 1842. See Charles Elliot to Earl of Aberdeen in E. D. Adams, British Di71lomcitic Corres])omlence Concerning the Repllblic of Texas, 1888- 1846, pp. 93-94.
To GEORGE W. HocKLEY 1
City of Houston, 3d., September, 1842.
To Col. G. W. Hockley: Sir -·- Your resignation/ dated on the 1st instant, is accepted; and you will be pleased to hand over the books and archives of the Department to Mr. M. C. Hamilton. 3 Sam Houston. 1 Exec.t1tive Record Boole, No. 40, p. 142, Texas State Library. See Houston to D. C. Barrett, January 2, 1836. :?That of Secretary of War. 3 Morgan Calvin Hamilton (February 25, 1809-November 21, 1893) United States Senator from Texas, was born near Huntsville, Alabama. He at- tended the public schools of his community, and later engaged in the mercantile business in Alabama. He came to Texas in 1837 and served as a clerk in the War Department from 1839 to 1845. He acted as Secretary of War and Marine from December 9, 1844 to March 10, 1845. He· was appointed Comptroller of Texas in 1867; he served as a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1868; and upon readmission of Texas to representation in the United States Congress, was elected (February 8, 1870) to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in term ending March 3, 1871. He was subsequently elected for the term beginning March 3, 1871, and altogether served in the Senate from l\Iarch 30, 1870 to March 3, 1877. He then retired to private life, and established his residence at Brooklyn, New York. He travelled extensively, and died while on a trip to San Diego, California. His remains were brought to Austin, Texas, and interred in Oakwood Cemetery. See .A Biogmphical Di,-ectory of the A mrl"i- con Congress, 1777-1928; E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, Revublic of Texas, 1886-1845, 212; Wooten (ed.), A Comprehe11sive History of Texcis, II, 168, 176, 186, 193; Homer Thrall, A Picto,·iul History of Texas, 549.
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