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only difference between the sources. Johns' letter to Houston, March 9, 1860, which called for this answer, is also in the Comptroller's Letters.
To CLEMENT R. JoHNs 1
Executive Department, Austin, March 12, 1860.
Hon. C. R. Johns, Comptroller Sir: . Will you please inform me the amount paid by Texas for three months service of six companies of volunteers called out by Persifer F. Smith, November 1, 1854; also whether said amount exceeds the pay for the same period of similar troops in the service of the United States. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Reco1·ds, 1859-1861, p. 94, Texas State Library.
E. W. CAVE TO E.W. WHITNEY, BY HOUSTON'S REQUEST 1 State Department, Austin, March 12, 1860. E. W. Whitney, Esq., Whitneyville, Connecticut Dear Sir, Your letter has been received by his Excellency, Governor Houston, and as he about starting for San Antonio, it is referred to me for a reply. There are on hand about 500 Flint Lock Pennsylvania muskets, which we would be glad to exchange for Rifles or revolvers, (army size) . The muskets are in good order, never having been used. Will you be kind enough to state on what terms you will furnish the arms proposed and take the muskets in exchange? There being none of your arms in Texas, His Excellency is of the opinion, from their reputation, that they will come into gen- eral use. He advises me to tender you the assurances of his kindest regards. E. W. Cave, Secretary of State. 1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, pp. 18-19, Texas State Library. For some information concerning· E. W. Cave, see Volume VII, p. 387. · Eli W. Whitney was the son of Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. Finding his cotton gin invention unremunerative, Eli Whitney turned his inventive genius to the production of fire arms, out of which enter- prise he made a fortune. His arms factories were established a short distance from New Haven, Connecticut, at a place that later was called
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