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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1843
To A. BRIGHAM 1 Bought of
Genl Houston
G. H. Harrison
1 Barrel of Flour_______________________________ll.00 1 " 011ions _______ ________________________ 6.50 1 " Potato______________________________ 5.50 1 " Sugar_______231# at 10cts______23.10 1 Sack Coffee__________ ll5# at 15c_______________l7.25 1 Barrel Apples ------------------------------------------ 7.50
$70.85
Received Payment-G. H. Harrison Asa Brigham, Treasurer,
Sir, Please pay the bearer, General G. H. Harrison, the sum of Seventy Dollars and Eighty five cents, the amount of the above account, and charge the same to my sal_ary deposit. Sam Houston [Rubric] 11th December, 1843.
'From the original owned by Mrs. Madge W. Hearne.
To JAMES H. CocKE 1
Washington, 27th December, 1843.
To Major J. H. Cocke, My dear Major-I send you a draft in my favor drawn upon my salary for two thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty five cents. You will please dispose of it, or let it be done by any safe friend, in exchange for gold and silver if you can, as much above ninety cents as possible-but not at less rate than ninety cents on the dollar. If this cannot be done with propriety in your situation, let the amount 1·emain to my credit in the. Custom house. Sam Houston [Rubric] 1 "Houston's ·Private Executive Record Book," pp. 446-447, courtesy of Mr. Franklin Williams. James H. Cocke was appointed to take up Gail Borden, Jr.'s position, upon his resignation as collector of customs at Galveston.
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