WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1844
"Major John Chenoweth was a member of the Ranging Company of Fort Bend County, and lived in the Stafford Settlement in that county. See Lam.a,· Pctpers, I, 410, 414; also, A. J. Sowell, Histo1y of Fo,-t Bena County, 236-239. Also see Volume I, 376. •Tilghman Ashurst Howard (November 14, 1797-August 16, 1844) was born in Pickensville, South Carolina, moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1816, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1818, and set up his law office at Knoxville. In 1824 he was a state senator; in 1828, a presidential elector; in 1830, he moved to Bloomington, Indiana, and opened a law office, but in 1833 removed to Rockville, Indiana, where he continued the practise of law. President Jackson appointed him District Attorney fo1· Indiana, and he served in that position from 1833 to 1837. In 1839 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate, but served out an unexpired term in that body from March 4, 1839, to August 1, 1840. In 1840 he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Indiana. On June 11, 1844, he was appointed charge d'af!afres from the United States to Texas; his service in that position was short, for he died at Washington, Texas, August 16, 1844, and was buried there. At a later time his body was removed to the city cemetery at Rockville, Indiana.
To D. H. KLAENER 1
Private
Washington, July 28, 1844.
To D. H. Klaener, Esq., My dear Sir,- I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt, on my return here, yesterday, from the Trinity, of your two favors of the 6th and 25th inst. While I thank you sincerely for the kind and friendly sentiments which you express for me, and the liberality with which you have tendered me your good serv- ices, I must beg you to be assured that I shall long hold them in the most grateful .recollection. 'Whenever I may find occasion, I shall not hesitate to avail myself of your flattering good will. Having but just returned in broken health, after a confinement of some weeks on the Trinity, and being yet fatigued by the journey, I am compelled to give you a more brief and perhaps less satisfactory answer to your inquiries than I should otherwise do. Indeed, I have not yet had time to examine the provisions of the Hanseatic treaties and cannot therefore adventure any positive opinion concerning them. I, however, do not doubt that they are in all respects such as will meet the approbation of the Government. I understand the importance and Yalue of a direct commercial intercourse with those cities, and will do everything consistent with my power and duty to facilitate it.
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