WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1843
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'Tis quite late and I must close my note-Stop!- Captain Chris- man called to see about the horses, what will you have done with them- Tell me if I can serve you. I may wish to buy them. I will take them at valuation, if all mine are not drowned in the overflow, as I fear they are. Mrs. H-- is not well but can sit up. Be pleased to commend me to Judge [torn] and Capt. Elliot. Salute all friends! God g1~ant His choicest blessings. Houston. Daingerfield in haste. 1 0riginal in Hardin-Simmons University Library, Abilene, Texas. ~see Houston to the Texas Senate, July 20, 1842. 3 See Houston to the Texas Senate, June 7, 1837.
TO ANDREW J ACKSON 1
Washington, Texas, January 31, 1843. VENERATED FRIEND : - A multiplicity of concerns has prevented me from writing oftentimes to you since I had the pleasure of seeing you in Tennessee. It has not been for a want of inclination; nor has it been that I believed it would be con- sidered irksome by you to peruse my letters. The many and continued regards which you have kindly evinced toward me for the last twenty-seven years, and the undiminished confidence reposed in me, are circumstances which have instructed me in the assurance that you entertained for me that solicitude which will induce sufficient care for me to desire a knowledge of the success which may betide me as an individual and a man engaged in the amelioration and improvement of the condition of mankind. No one can more understandingly appreciate such efforts than yourself, who have been engaged for more than half a century in the most arduous labors, and constantly opposed by obstacles of every variety of character. You have surmounted all, and in retirement enjoy a nation's gratitude for the matchless benefits which your forecast and patriotism have conferred upon it; and to this is added the admiration of mankind! You are truly rich in earthly blessings; and I most devoutly hope that the great Dispenser of heavenly rewards will grant you an everlasting recompense. I have often reflected upon the trials through which you have passed, and admired the firmness with which you met and triumphed over opposition. Recently I have seen from your pen a manly and conclusive vindication of your conduct during the
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