WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1842
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the officers of the Government, I am willing to allow you such a sum, when the Government is in a situation to issue funds out of which the amount can be paid as will cover your actual expenses, but no more. Sam Houston [Rubric] "'Houston's Private Executive Record Book," pp. 205-206, courtesy of Mr. Franklin Williams. For Memucan Hunt, see Volume I, 525.
To CLARK L. OWEN 1
P1·ivate
City of Houston, 30th July, 1842.
I send you a document which you can judge
Dear Colonel,
of. Similar copies have been sent to various counties. I hope the plan will succeed. It is the only alternative left to the coun- try. It is all that the Executive can do without means. I ,vill rely upon you, and I hope that you will be at the general rendezvous. Until Colonel Washington 2 arrives in camp, I hope the emigrant volunteers will be retained in services. Commend me to Captain Murphree. Truly your friend, Sam Houston [Rubric] To Col. Clark L. Owen. 1 "Houston's Private Executive Record Book," p. 206, courtesy of Mr.
Franklin Williams. For Clark L. Owen, see Volume III, 16. lFor Colonel Lewis M. H. Washington, see Volume III, 16.
AN ENDORSEMENT AND A NOTE WRITTEN ON A LETTER FROM BENJAMIN F. TANKERSLEY 1 3rd Aug 1842 [The note]: Mr. T. assured Mr. Hardy, that there was noth- ing improper, or offensive in this letter, as it was sealed, and Mr. Hardy did not wish to bear it, if it contained anything offen- sive-Now judge yr! for [deleted] poor Bad [deleted] Tank- ersley2- Sam Houston [The endorsement]: 3rd July [August] 1842 A Gnat may tease a Lion! The yelping of puppies is harmless! Insolence is a quality of low, vulgar minds. Houston No one but a scoundrel would impose upon a gentleman, upon [deleted] by an assurance that there was nothing offensive con-
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