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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1842
THE PASSPORT OF TOMAS CRUZ, A MEXICAN, SEPTEMBER 14, 1842. 1 Sam Houston, ~n the name and by the authority of the Republic of Texas, to all to whom these presents shall come: Know ye that Tomas Cruz, the bearer hereof, a Mexican, is known to me; and being about to depart Westward, this is therefore, to enjoin upon all the citizens of the Republic whom he may meet, to permit him to pass unmolested to his destination at San Antonio, whither he is sent with despatches to Major Hays. 2 Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the Republic, at the City of Houston, the 14th day. of September, A. D. 1842, and of the independence of Texas the seventh. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 144, Texas State Library. 2 John C. Hays. See Houston to the Texas Senate, July 18, 1842.
To MATTHEW P. WooDHOUSE 1
Sept. 15, 1842 Capt. Woodhouse- The Executive has no power to cancel Drafts that I am aware of; if there is any, I wish you would refer me to it. Until the 18th of October I will issue no drafts on the Customs Houses, nor on the Treasury. Call over and see me at Tea if you please. Sam Houston [Rubric] Capt. Woodhouse, Present.
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1 Comptroller's Lettc,·s, Texas State Library.
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PROCLAMATION OF A TREATY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS AND GREAT BRITAIN FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, SEPTEMBER 16, 1842 [The original engrossed treaty signed by all the potentates is in the Texas State Library. Copies are filed in P1·oclamations of the Presiaents, Republic of Texas; Executive Record Book, No. 48, pp. 18-38, Texas State Library. It is published in Gammel, Laws of Texas, II, 889-912; also in Telegravh a.nd Texas Register, September 20, and 28, 1842, and in The Red-Lander, October 6, 1842.]
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