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WRITINGS OF SA:M HOUSTON, 184,2
Let those who would participate in the destiny that awaits us, prepare themselves and reach the rendezvous, at Corpus Christi, by the above specified time. It is very important that companies should have a full complement of fifty six men, rank and file, and be well organized, completely armed and supplied with am- munition, and clothed and provisioned for six months. To en- sure success it is indispensable that these conditions of the serv- ice be r igidly complied with. The arms may consist of rifles, yagers, or muskets with bayonets; and the provisions of pilot bread or flour, bacon, sugar and coffee. Sam Houston [Rubric] 1 "Houston's Private Executive Record Book," pp. 134-135, courtesy of Mr. Franklin Williams.
TO HENRY WATKINS ALLEN 1
Houston, Texas, May 12th, 1842.
To Captain H. W. Allen, Dear Sir,
Your note of the 26th ultimo, was received just before your departure from Galveston. A press of business at the moment precluded an immediate acknowledgment. I now, however, avail myself of an opportunity to convey to you - and through you to your command - assurances of the lively satis- faction with which I perceive on your part and on theirs, a com- mendable spirit of subordination and a love of discipline; to which I shall always look with confidence as the surest basis of usefulness and success in the great enterprise in which we are all engaged. Accept, Sir, my best wishes, and believe me, with high respect, your obedient servant, Sam Houston [Rubric] • Henry Watkins Allen (April 29, 1820-April 22, 1866), son of Dr. Thomas and Ann (Watkins) Allen, was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia. After his wife's death in 1833, Dr. Allen removed with his family to Kay County, Missouri, where he put his son Henry to clerk in u store; but the boy disliked the work so much that he was permitted to enroll in Marion College. There he 1·emained for two years, but at the age of seventeen ran away from school, and for a little more than a year drifted around through various southern states. Finally, by the time he was nineteen years old, he began teaching school at Grand Gulf, Mississippi. VVhile teaching he studied law, and entered the practice of his profession. 1 "H~uston's Private Executive Record Book," p. 136.
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