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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1844
January last in opposition to the repeal of the law governing the extension of Mr. Bourgeois' contracts. Whatever service I may be able to render your Highness in the prosecution of your commendable purposes, will be very cheer- fully accorded. I beg to be remembered to Mr. Bourgeois, and to thank him for his several acceptable favors. Accept, Prince, the assurance of my best wishes for your health and success, and believe me, with the highest regards, Your obedient Servant, Sam Houston [Rubric] To Prince Charles of Solms, &c., &c., &c. 1 "Houston's Private Executive Record Book," p. 546, courtesy of Mr. Franklin Williams. Prince Charles of Solms and Lord of Braunfels was the step-son of the Duke of Cumberland, King of Hanover, and he was, therefore, an uncle of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. In 1843 Alexander Bourgeois d'Orvanne sold out his colonial contract in Texas to "The Society for the Protection of Germans in Texas," a society composed of German noblemen, of whom Prince Charles ·of Solms was one. He was the founder of New Braunfels, Texas. See Rudolph L. Biesele, The Histo1·y of t'he German Settlements in Texas, 1891-1861, vassim, but Chapter IV, especially, for a detailed explanation of this Society for the Protection of Germans in Texas; see also Garrison (ed.), Diplomatic Con·esvondence of the Rev11blic of Texas, II, 1551, 1560-1562, l570. Rudolph L. Biesele, "Prince Solms's Trip to Texas, 1844-1845," Southwestern Historical Quar- terly XL, 1-25, gives a detailed account of Prince Solms's activities in Texas.
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To G. A. PATILL0 1
Washington, August 2, 1844.
To Hon. G. A. Patillo My dear Sir,- I had the gratification to receive your favor of the 30th June, a few days since, on my return from the Trinity, where I had been detained for several weeks by indisposition. I am now, however, pretty well recovered and will set out again in the course of a few days, for the East; where business of a private nature, but of very great importance to me calls me. I shall probably go as far East as San Augustine, and will, if I can possibly do so, return to where my family is at present on the Trinity, through Jasper and Jefferson counties. In that event, it will give me great satisfaction to meet you, and as many of your constituents as it may be in my power to see. As to your course in the Senate last year, your conscience as a patriot and citizen of Texas will sustain you against the vio- lence and folly of certain men, in the community, who are always
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