PREFACE
The circumstances attending the inauguration of this publica- tion were explained in the Preface to Volume I. Nothing remains to be said on that account. For assistance in collecting material included in this volume we are under grateful obligations to Mr. Al Dealey, of Dallas; Major Richard F. Burges, of El Paso; Mr. Ike Moore, of the San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston; Mr. Hobart Huson, of Refugio; Professor William C. Binkley, of Nashville, Tennessee; Mr. Albert Williams, Jr., of Houston; and Mr. Thomas Streeter, of Morristown, New Jersey. To Mr. :R. C. Ballard Thruston, of Louisville, Kentucky, we owe thanks for correction of the name of A. S. Thruston, which we amplified in Volume II to Albert S. Thruston. The name should be Algernon S. Thruston. One unimportant change in editorial technique should be men- tioned. In order to economize space, we have omitted in this volume endorsements and addresses following the several docu- ments where, as generally happens, they merely repeat informa- tion already conveyed by the documents themselves. It is our practice to include in each successive volume material of early date that has been obtained since publication of the pre- ceding volumes. Thus, Volume I contained documents dated from 1813 to 1836; Volume II included documents dated from July, 1814, to March, 1842; and this volume extends from Decem- ber 20, 1822, to January 31, 1844. We earnestly request assistance in making this collection of Houston's Writings as complete as possible, and will be grateful for originals or copies of Houston documents, or for reference to such documents. We have the pleasure of announcing that Mrs. Madge Hearne, Mrs. Margaret John, and Mr. Franklin Williams, descendants of Houston, have placej at our disposal numerous letters which will appear in Volume IV and subsequent volumes.
EUGENE C. BARKER.
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