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Already the subject of annexation has caused the failure of our negotiations with Mexico. I have seen Hockley and Wil- liams.4 They will not go up at present. I think the subject of the letter which I bore here will be at rest for the future. All was smoke, as I believe. I send an ex- press to the Indian treaty, and will take instructions to the Com- missioners. I may be detained longer than I expected, but will be up so soon as I can. Van Zandt wrote to me, and despatches were sent to me from the Island, but by some means they have not reached me. I hope to get them. Sam Houston. Hon. Anson Jones 1 Anson Jones, Memomnda and Official Con·espondenc~ oj the Republic of TexM, p. 366. 2 Captain Charles Elliot. See Volume III, 192. 'General William S. Murphy of Ohio was appointed cha1·ge d'affafres for the United States to the Texas Republic in 1844 to take the place of Joseph Eve. 'Hockley and Williams were the commissioners appointed by the Texas government to negotiate an armistice with the Mexican government. To MRs. MARYE. RHODEs 1 Genl. Houston presents to Mrs. Rhodes his most grateful and sincere salutations of Regard, and much love of Mrs. Houston. This evening he will call up and make his personal respects to Madam and the Colonel with kisses to the little ones. He will be compelled to remain here, as business will require the constant time which he has before the Neptune sails. Sam Houston [Address] : To Mrs. Mary E. Rhodes 2 Present 7th Apl 1844. 'Collection of H011ston Letters, 1836-1860, Texas State Library. 2 Mrs. Mary W. Driggs, a young widow of Houston, Texas, was married on April 9, 1838, to Colonel E. A. Rhodes, a large, portly, and rather venerable man of New Orleans, Louisiana. The ceremony was performed by W. Y. Allen in the home of Colonel William H. Wharton in the presence of Colonel Wharton, his wife, and Colonel George W. Hockley. Within an hour the couple took their departure by steamer for Galveston without saying a word to the minister about a marriage fee. But at a later date the couple sent the preacher six linen shirts. See The Southweste1"11 Historical Qua.rterly, XVII, 44, 296-296.
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