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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
Landoit, is at present a prisoner in the State of Louisiana afore- said: And whereas, also, the said Antonio Landoit stands charged with having committed the crime of mutiny on board the Schooner San Antonio, a Texian vessel of war, at the time lying in the port of New Orleans; and also as a murderer of some of the officers of said vessel, and who is now a refugee from justice: Therefore, a request (and respectful demand) is hereby made upon his Excellency, the Governor of the said State, for the person of the said Antonio Landoit, to be delivered over to Commodore E. W. Moore, commanding as aforesaid, to be dealt with as the laws which he is charged to have grossly violated may prescribe. On testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Great Seal of the Republic. Done at Washington, the 29th day of October, in the year 1842, and of the· independence of the Republic the seventh. Sam Houston 1 Docmnents mule,· the G,·eat Seal, Exccut:ive Reco,·d Book, No. 37, p. 121; also Execntive Record Book, No. 40, pp. 155-156, Texas State Library. G. P. Garrison (ed.), Diplo1natic Co1-respondence of the Republic of Texas, II (I), 101; also E. W. Moore, To the People of Texas, 105.
NOVEMBER, 1842
To CHARLES ELLIOTT, BRITISH CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO TEXAS 1
P'rivate
Washington 5th November, 1842.
My Dear Sir. I am about to present a suggestion to You, and I hope it will claim your indulgent consideration. It is quite novel in its character and would to one, not perfectly acquainted with my direct way of business, require some apology. You are aware of my intense anxiety for peace with Mexico. To obtain it I do not care to pursue formal means. I know of no Gentleman, whose agency in my estimation would go farther in the attainment of the object than your own, were it possible to obtain your personal Services. Should it be agreeable for you to be so employed, I am well aware that the permission of Your Government (of Her Majesty The Queen) will be necessary. This you could do, if you deem it proper, and the sacrifice is not too great upon your part. I can claim nothing on behalf of My Country or myself individually, of Captain Elliot, but I desire to hope everything for Texas.
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