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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1860
Cooper. The above is compiled from reliable documents on file in this Depa"!:-tment.
To WILLIAM G. TOBIN 1 Executive Department, Austin, March 13, 1860. -
Major William G. T'obin Dear Sir: Deeming it a duty that I owe to you as an officer late in the service of the State, I herewith send you a detailed 1·eport of the transactions upon the Rio Grande since the com- mencement of the Cortinas Wars. The copy is a correct tran- script of the report made by Captain John S. Ford 2 to Lieutenant Thomas of Major Heintzelman's 3 command of the United States Troops, in the which you will observe certain charges against yourself and your command. Sam Houston. E. W. Cave, Secretary of State. 1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 98, Texas State Library. For William G. Tobin, see Houston to Tobin, March 5, 1860. 2 For some data on John S. Ford, see Houston to Ford, December 30, 1859, Volume VII. 3 Samuel Peter Heintzelman, see Houston to Angel Navarro and Robert H. Taylor, January 2, 1860, Volume VII.
To CLEMENT R. J oHNs 1 Executive Department, Austin, March 16, 1860.
Hon. C. R. Johns, Comptroller Sir: You will please forward to the War Department of Washington City a duplicate Pay Roll of the six companies of mounted volunteers, called into service of the United States by General Persifer F. Smith in 1854, with your certificate of cor- rectness of the same appended. It will be necessary also to attach the certificate of the Secre- tary of State. Sam Houston. 1 Execi,tive Reco1·ds, 1859-1861, p. 98; also Comptrollers' Letters (1860), Texas State Library.
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