WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1842
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You will, therefore, perceive the propriety of providing your- selves with the best horses you can obtain. Sam Houston. 1Executive Record Book No. 40, p. 90, Texas State Library. TO GENERAL ALEXANDER 8OMERVELL 1 Executive Department, City of Houston, May 16th, 1842. To Alexander Somervell, Esq.!? Sir,- You are hereby appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Calhoun in the Republic of Texas, and, as such Collector you will repair to your post and take in charge the records, books papers, furniture, and property, belonging to and appertaining to your office; and proceed in the discharge of your duties strictly in accordance with law. Sam Houston. 1 Executivo Record Book, No. 40, p. 91, Texas State Library. !!See Houston to Somervell, March 10, 1842.
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To Eow ARD H. FuLLER 1 City of Houston, Texas, May 16th, 1842.
To Edward H. Fuller, Esq., Sir-Your letter of the 1st instant, has just been received. It may afford some gratification, though a melancholy one, to your- self and the other members of your bereaved family, to learn that this government has despatched a vessel of war to New Orleans with a demand for the persons of the mutineers who were concerned in the murder of your much lamented brother Lieut. [Charles] Fuller. 2 They will be brought here for trial, and no doubt will receive such punishment as the heinousness of their offence may merit. Please present my sympathetic regards and kindest condolence to your distressed parents. It will doubtless be a source of mourn- ful satisfaction to learn that the ga1lant conduct and elevated bearing of their chivalric son were appreciated as his conduct deserved. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 90, Texas State Library. ~For an account of the death of Lieutenant Charles Fuller see The Quar- terly, Texas State Historical Association, XIII, 85-88; also, Telegrctph c111d Texas Register, February 22, 1842.
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