WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1821-1832
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determination to guard, with sedulous care, the rights of the humblest individual, while justice will be impartially adminis- tered to the most exalted in society. In conclusion, gentlemen, I beg leave to tender through you to your several constituents, my sincere and grateful acknowledg- ments for the recent expression of their partiality and confi- dence, and to you, individually, I offer my most respectful con- sideration. 1 National Banne,· a,ul Nashville Whig, October 6, 1827. Copy furnished by Professor William C. Binkley, Vanderbilt University. HOUSTON'S PASSPORT TO TEXAS, 1832 1 I, the undersigned, Acting Secretary of War, do hereby request all the Tribes of Indians, whether in amity with the UNITED STATES, or as yet not allied to them by Treaties, to permit safely and freely to pass through their respective Territories,__________________ ____ _______ _General Sam Houston _____________________ ___________a Citizen of the UNITED STATES, thirty eight years of age, six feet, two inches in stature, brown hair, and light complexion; and in case of need, to give him all lawful aid and protection. GIVEN UNDER my hand and the impression of the SEAL of the DEPARTMENT of ·wAR, at the City of Washington, this Sixth day of August, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and of the Independence of the UNITED STATES, the fifty Seventh. John Robb [Rubric] [Seal of U.S. War Dept] Acting Secretary of War. [Endorsed in Houston's handwriting] : Sam Houston's Passport [Rubric] 1 Franklin Williams's Collection of Houston Materials.
1835-1836 To R. B. IRVINE 1
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Head Quarters, Texas, San Felipe de Austin, 6th Dec. 1835.
To Captain R. B. Irvine, Infantry Regt. of Texas you will proceed to enlist men for the Regular army of Texas; you will enlist men for two years or for during the war. The
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