WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1860
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To J. M. W. HALL1 Executive Department, February 14, 1860. Captain J. M. W. Hall, Mustering Officer, Texas Rangers Sir, You will proceed at once to muster into the Ranging Service of the State, the three detachments of men to be raised in the Counties of Bell, Bosque, and Erath. Hence proceed to the headquarters of Captains Dalrymple, Burleson, and Conner, and inspect the men under their commands. You will keep an accurate and correct journal of the distances from Station to Station, observe their position and report the same to the Department, together with any information as to the troops now in the field upon the frontier, that you may get possession of. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Reco1·ds, 1859-1861, p. 34, Texas State Library.
To CYRUS H. RANDOLPH 1 Executive Department, Austin, February 15, 1860.
Hon. C. H. Randolph, State Treasurer, Sir:- In your letter replying to my inquiry as to the amount in the Treasury on account of Public Debt, River and General Fund, you state that the amount in bonds and specie in the Treas- ury is· $232,903.21, .in which is included the University Fund, amounting to $109,472.26. Will you please inform me whether the 2 7"0 sinking fund paid in by railroads is also included in that amount, and what amount of that fund is now on hand. Sam Houston. tGover-nors' Letters, Texas State Library; also, Executive Records, 1859- 1861, p. 51. See Houston to Randolph, Febru·ary 14, 1860.
To JOHN B. FLOYD 1
Austin, Texas, February• 15, 1860.
Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War. Sir :-I have the honor to forward by my friend, General Forbes Britton, Assistant Adjutant General of the State, an~ a member of the State Senate, dispatches which I deem of im- portance, and desire that his Exc~llency, the President, shall
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