The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume III

WRITINGS OF SAl\'l HOUSTON, 1844

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It is needless for me to write upon this subject. Gen. Hender- son and Mr. Miller will be in possession of all minutia, and I will take pleasure in communicating to you everything of interest. Sam Houston [Rubric] 1 Texas National Register (Austin), November 29, 1845. The Morning Sta.r, November 22, 1845. Telegraph and Texa.s Registe1·, November 26, 1845. Diplomatic Co1·1·esvonde11ce of the Revublic of Texas, Texas State Library [Garrison does not print this letter, but does include it in his calendar. See Garrison, II, 251]. John H. Gundlach Collection, St. Louis, Missouri. Extracts in C. E. Lester, Sam Ho'l(ston and his Republic, 175- 176; also in A11thentic Memoirs (1855), 240-241. These sources differ sl'ghtly in wording. The copy from the Gundlach collection does not formally indicate the change of date, although it is mentioned in the text of the letter as in the other copies. :?Isaac Van Zandt. See Houston to the Texas Senate, July 20, 1842. 3 Charles H. Raymond, a cousin of James H. Raymond, was Secretary for the Texas Legation at Washington under Van Zandt's tenure as Minister Plenipotentiary. Upon Van Zandt's resignation, Raymond became cha1·ge d'Affaires, but resigned the position on January 11, 1845, and left Wash- ington on May 10, 1845. See Garrison, Divlomatic Corresvondence of the Revublic of Texas, II, 222, 292, 378. To THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 Executive Department, Washington, January 29h., 1844. To the Honorable, the House of Representatives: In compliance with a resolution of your Honorable Body of the 27th instant, I herewith transmit all the information which is of record in the Department in relation to the advances made to the Mier prisoners. No appropriation having been made by Congress to meet any contingencies arising from the capture of the Mier prisoners, the Executive did not feel authorized to open any account upon the books of the Auditor. Owing to these circumstances, the demand of Mr. Hargous was not paid; and for his kindness and generosity it was proper through his agent, to inform him that any delinquency which might exist was not attributable to the authorities of Texas. Sam Houston. 1"Messages of the Presidents," Congressional Papers, Eighth Congress; also, Executive Record Boole, No. 40, p. 321, Texas State Library. Jow-nals of the IJ011se of Rep1·esentatives of the Republic of Texas, 8th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 398.

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