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hesitate to grant. During your absence, James H. Raymond,:i Esquire, will be appointed to perform your duties, as Acting Treasurer. Sam Houston. 1 Exec11tive Record Book, No. 40, p. 255, Texas State Library. See Houston to the Texas Senate, December 20, 1836. ~James H. Raymond served as chief clerk of the House of Representatives during the Seventh and Eighth congresses, and Treasurer of the state from 1846 to 1858. See Houston to the Senate, January 3, 1843.
TO TORREY & BROTHERS 1 Executive Department, ·washington, June 1, 1843.
To Messrs. Torrey & Brothers : 2 Gentlemen - Enclosed you have a memorandum of articles wanted for this Department. It is furnished you under the belief that Capt. Woodhouse 3 did not make a similar purchase for the Government at New Orleans. If, therefore, you undertake to procure these articles' they will be purchased of you by the government in the event they have not been procured by Capt. Woodhouse-which is not probable. Make your purchase upon the best terms possible; that you may be the better able to accommodate the government in moderate charges. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 256, Texas State Library. 2 The Torrey Brothers-David, James, Thomas, and John F. Torrey. Houston to Stephen Z. Hoyle, April 1, 1843. 3 See Houston to Matthew P. Woodhouse, August 19, 1842. •The memorandum of a1·ticles to be purchased was as follows: 3 Angell's file presses-usual size. 3 or 4 reams of good foolscap paper-ruled. 2 reams of large letter paper-ruled if possible on 4 sides. 2 large bottles of good black ink.
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1 pound of "Coronation" sealing wax. 2 bolts of half inch plain white ribbon. 2 " " " " " urcen " 2 " " " " " blue " 1 dozen papers of ink or paper san<l. ½ dosen quires of good white envelope paper.
2 good spring-back record books-from five to seven quires in each-the paper measure (or page measure) of each will be about 18-¾ by 13- 1 /4 inches-without red lines. Let the articles be packed to themselves, and labelled "Executive Depart- ment," so that there may be no difficulty in selecting from purchases of a like kind made for any other Department.
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