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none who cannot come well equipped and provisioned for a cam- paign of six months. Do not distribute arms to men. It is not justice to those who have incurred the expense of equipping and providing themselves. You will find men who require arms to want everything else. By all means land no men at Galveston. The water has given out at that place and they must suffer. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Rec.orcl Book, No. 40, p. 94, Texas State Library. ~This Colonel H. ·washington is the same man as the Colonel Lewis M. H. Washington referred to in Houston's letter to Daingerfield, April 1, 1842.
TO CAPTAIN ROLLINS, OR CAPTAIN VVRIGHT 1
Houston, Texas, May 23rd, 1842. To Captain Rollins, of the Neptune, or Captain Wright, of the New York, Gentlemen: The bearer, Mr. Thomas S. Lubbock, goes on public service of importance to the Republic, at this juncture. You will confer a private and public favor by facilitating his passage to New Orleans. His passage, of course, will be a charge against this government, which will be liquidated with pleasure at the earliest moment possible. · Sam Houston [Rubric]
1 Public Debt Papers, Texas State Library.
TO GEORGE W. TERRELL1 Executive Department, City of Houston, May 24th, 1842. To Hon. George W. Terrell, Attorney General of the Republic: Sir- In your visit to the Eastern counties, you will examine into the condition and management of the several offices of the revenue in that section, as thoroughly as your time and oppor- tunity may permit, and report on the result of your investigations and inquiries to the proper Department. It is highly important to the welfare of the government that the revenue laws should be rigidly and impartially enforced; and that the officers to whom their execution is entrusted should in all respects perform faithfully their duties. You will therefore ascertain as accurately and fully as you may be able, the manner
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