THE WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON
NOVEMBER, 1824-NOVEMBER, 1857 To JORN H. HousToN 1
Morganton, N.C., 4th Nov., 1824. Dear Houston, I am thus far on my way to South Carolina. Say nothing of this thing to our friends in the City. I will write to you again from Cheraw-I do not know what will take place. I wish you to say to Mrs. Wilson that she need not keep rooms for me. I wish you to do this for special reasons that I will explain, when we meet! Jackson will get this State, South Carolina, and all the western States except Kentucky, and I think he will get some votes there. Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, will surely be for him also. You can now judge what chance Old Hickory will stand to be our next President. My notion is that he will be elected! Commend me to all our young friends; and say I will meet them with great pleasure. May God grant you all your noble·wishes. Thine to the core, Sam Houston. John H. Houston, Esq. P. S. To Mr., Mrs., and Miss Pleasonton commend me most truly and respectfully H. [Addressed]: John H. Houston, Esq., Washington, D. C. [In upper left-hand corner] : Morganton, N.C. 7th Nov. [Endorsed]: 4th Nov. 1824. Sam Houston, Morganton, N. C. 1 From a photostat copy in The University of Texas Library, by cour- tesy of Mr. W. A. Philpott who possesses the original letter. See The Writings, V, 1-3.
To JoHN H ..HousToN 1
Maryville, T., 8th Apl. 1827. My dear Houston, Thus far on my way home pretty well, and in good luck. I have just time to bid God speed you, and yours. News I have none. To electioneer was my business home. The canvass has begun, and stump speeches have been made already.
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