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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1842
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May Venus bless you. May Mars bless you, and may you be truly blessed. Houston. Il\1issouri Historical Society, Jefferson Memorial, St. Louis, Missouri. zsee Proclamation appointing, James Davis Acting Adjutant General of the Texas Army, May 3, 1842. ssee Houston to Colonel Lewis M. H. Washington, April 1, 1842. 4E. Lawrence Stickney. See Houston to E. Lawrence Stickney, Decem- ber 13, 1841.
To JUDGE ABNER SMITH LIPSCOMB AND OTHERS 1
Galveston, April 29h., 1842.
To Hon. A. S. Lipscomb/ and Others, Committee: Gentlemen:- I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Gal- veston, held at the Merchant's Exchange on Tuesday, the 26th, instant. In responding to this expression of so large and respectable a portion of my fellow citizens, I avail myself of the occasion to assure them of the high apl)reciation with which I have viewed the ardor and determination displayed on their part to vindicate in arms the rights and interests of the Republic. The enterprize in which we are about to engage possesses all the interest which can attach to a national transaction of the first magnitude. So far as the expression attaches to me, as the Executive of the nation, I cannot too highly value it, and as it is the emanation of patriotism, I take pleasure in rendering assur- ance that all the means which may be within my control shall be employed in giving action, certainty and effect to the enterprize- and that, too, at the first moment that will promise success and renown to the cause of our country and arms. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 85, Texas State Library, Charleston Courier (South Carolina), May 10, 1842. 2 Abner Smith Lipscomb (February 10, 1789-November 30, 1856) was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina. His parents were natives of Virginia, but had immigrated to South Carolina prior to the American Revolution, in which war the father fought. Young Lipscomb was edu- cated in the common schools of his State, but had the advantage of study- ing law in the office of John C. Calhoun. Intimate association with that distinguished statesman was an important factor in the formation of the young man's character, and in the foundation of the profound professional
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