The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume IV

CALENDAR

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PAGE To David Ayres, October 18, 1844, stating that there was no vacancy for a position, and that any appointment he might make would be tempo- rary, as his term of office would soon expire................•····················-···· 3i7 To General James A. Bennett, October 18, 1844, saying that as matters stood Texas did not need volunteers for offensive warfare against Mexico _ ............................................ ····-·· -··············· .. ..... ................ .. .............. 3 78 A bill and the order for its payment, October 18, 1844....••••·••···············-········ 379 General Edwin Morehouse's bill and the order for its payment, October 19, 1844 ·-··....·················· .·- ················--··--················-···••········ ...- ·············· 379 Alfred Moore's bill and the order for its payment, October 19, 1844............ 380 J. C. Neill's bill and the order for its payment, October 19, 1844 ..·-··········· 380 The loss of a treasury warrant, October 19, 1844·-···-···································· 381 Thomas I. Smith's bill and the order for its payment, October 19, 1844...... 381 Dr. T. J. Head's bill and the order for its payment, October 19, 1844.....- ... 382 A Proclamation ordering the arrest of fugitives, October 19, 1844.............. 383 L. Moore's bill and the order for its payment, October 19, 1844.....·-··-········ 383 S. R. Roberts' bill and the order for its payment, October 21, 1844....-·-····· 384 To the Ninth Congress, October 21, 1844, a proclamation calling a ses- sion of the Ninth Congress on the first Monday (second day) of December, 1844 --····-········-···············-·····-·-·---·········-·····-····-········- 384 To James H. Raymond, October 21, 1844, directing hin'i to pay the Secre• tary of the Treasury $203.46 out of the executive contingent fund for 1843 ················-········-······················-·-····-·········-···-···-·····---···-· 385 To S. B. Brigham, October 21, 1844, directing him to pay Torrey & Brothers $1,238.81 par funds and credit the receipts held against his father's ( Asa Brigham) estate .......••·····-···············-··························· 386 An order for the payment of James Baldridge's account, October 21, 1844 ·············-·······- ·····················································-····-·············· ···-········· 386 NOVEMBER, 1844-DECEMBER, 1844 Thomas Johnson's account and the order for its payment, November 4, 1844 - · · · · ·· ············· -·························· ····· - · ·- ·· · · · · -· ··· ·· · · · · · · - · · · · · · · · - · · · · · · - · · - · · · · - · · 3 87 To Washington D. Miller, November 11, 1844, commissioning him post- master at Washington, Texas...·-·····- -············-························-··--···-··· 387 An election proclamation, November 18, 1844, calling a special election · to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives................·-···-············ 387 The bill of James G. Heard and the order for its payment, November 29, 1844 ·····-·························-·············-·················-·················-···-······················ 388 To the Acting Treasurer, November 29, 1844, ordering him to pay Benja- min Sloat $100 out of the executive contingent fund.·-····-···················· 388 To Ebenezer Allen, Secretary of State, November 30, 1844, asking him to pay to Washington D. Miller $240 out of the contingent fund of the Department of State, the same sum having been advanced to said Department by the President_···········-·····-··-··········································· 388 Address upon being presented to A. J. Donelson, December [?], 1844...... .. 389 To the Texas Congress, December 4, 1844, the farewell address.................. 392 To the Texas Congress, December 6, 1844, reporting that during recess of Congress judgeships in the first and sixth judicial districts had become vacant -············-··············································••·••··················-······-·· 398

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