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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1843
Saluate Mr. Raymond 3 for me and present my best wishes to him. Salute Mr. Tyler, Mr. Webster, and my old friends, with my most kind and sincere respects. I am truly your friend, Sam Houston. Hon. I. Van Zandt. 'By the courtesy of Mr. Albert Williams, Jr., who possesses the original letter. Mr. Williams is a great grandson of Isaac Van Zandt. =see Houston's recognition of "Stuart Newell," United States Consul for the port of Sabine, April 22, 1844. Note that in the above document the name is spelled "Stewart Newell," while in the proclamation of recog- nition it is spelled "Stuart Newel." It has not been ascertained which way the man spelled his name. "This was Charles H. Raymond. He was a cousin of James H. Ray- mond. In late 1842, he was sent to Washington with despatches to the Texas Legation, and in 1843, at the resignation of Isaac Van Zandt as Minister charge d'affaires, he became the Acting cha,·ge for a few months. See Garrison, Diplomatic Co,-1·esvondence of the Republic of Texas, II, 174, 223, 340, 377.
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TO GEORGE W. TERRELL1
Private
vVashington, February 13th, 1843.
To General G. W. Terrell Dear Sir,
Yours of the 10th instant I have the pleasure to acknowledge. I am glad to hear that there is a prospect of a treaty. Durst and Williams have not disappointed me. Men who "think" they know so much and really know so little, will never achieve important ends. They must have had very little employ- ment at home when they came there; and they must have had very little while there; otherwise, they would have staid longer- or not have come till it was required. I am happy that Capt. Black has united with you, and hope that the commissioners and people will get on in the greatest harmony. Treaties negotiated, unless under the cannon's mouth, must always be effected by conciliation. That the commissioners will negotiate a most satisfactory treaty I have the most san- guine hopes. The Indians will hear of the unstable course of some of the commissioners, which may create some distrust in their minds, because they will not understand the causes which led to it. The commissioners must allow the Indians time to deliberate before they act. I infer that they have a good disposition to treat, and therefore, minor considerations must not interpose
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