WRITINGS· OF SAM HOUSTON, 1860
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in 1900. Hotchkiss was the administrating trustee of these funds through- out the 1870's. See Frank Brown, "Annals of Travis County and of the City of Austin," Chapter XX, pp. 25-27.
TO WILLIAM S. HOTCHKISS 1 Executive Department, Austin, March 27, 1860.
To Hon. W. S. Hotchkiss, Commissioner of the Court of Claims Sir: Whereas the application has been made by the President of the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company for Eight Hundred sections of land, to which said Company is entitled by virtue of the ·completion of the second and third sections, of Twenty-five miles each of its road And, Whereas, the State Engineer has reported under oath, that the said fifty miles upon which this application is made is entirely completed and put in running order, and that the same has been constructed according to the provisions of the Charter of said Company and also of the general laws of the State, in force at this time regulating Railroad Companies. You are therefore requested to issue to the said Company, its President or other lawful officers, agent or attorney, the said Eight hundred sections of land in land scrip of Six Hundred and Forty acres each. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Reco,·ds, 1859-1861, p. 113, Texas State Library.
To PETER c. SHARKEY 1 Executive Department, Austin, Ma~ch 28, 1860.
Captain Peter C. Sharkey, Brownsville, Texas Dear Sir, Your letter of the 21st concerning the muster roll of your company together with the Chief Justice's certificate of organization and your bond, is this morning to hand. The Com- pany's muster roll will be forwarded to you by the State Depart- ment. As to the arms were there any at the disposal of the Executive you should have them. All the arms heretofore distributed to the fancy volunteer companies have been recalled and appropriated to the several frontier Counties for defence aginst the Indians, so I herewith return your bond. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 114, Texas State Library.
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