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WRITINGS OF SAl\•I HOUSTON, 1844
To J. C. ETHREDGE 1
Executive Department } Contingent Fund
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To J. C. Ethredge~
Dr.
For services rendered in conveying express despatches to His Excellency the President from Houston to Trinity River $ 12.00 Houston Aug. 5th 1844 Approved to be paid out of the Executive Contingent fund in the hands of the Treasurer. Sam Houston [Rubric] Received the above amount of Twelve dollars from the Treasurer. J. C. Ethredge Novr. 30, 1844 J. C. Ethredge who frequently carried express, should not be confused with Joseph C. Eldredge, the Indian commissioner. 1 Financial Papers, 1842-1843, Texas State Library.
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TO MESSRS. BLACK, RUTHVEN, HADLEY AND OTHERS 1
Washington, August 5th, 1844.
Gentlemen,
Your letter of the 25th July,2 reached me three
days after its date. Having taken no part in the present canvass for the Presi- dency; and feeling indisposed to mingle in politics, my intention was to let it pass by whilst I maintained unbroken silence: Notwithstanding the unfounded charges which have been made against me by some of the partizan prints of the country, en- deavoring to arraign me as interfering in the election. My desire was and yet is that the people should be enabled to make a judicious choice of the individual who is to direct the destinies of a country in which I must ever feel so deep an interest and which I hope will remain the abiding place of myself and pos- terity. My silence has not arisen from the fact that I considered I had not an equal right with any other citizen to cast my vote or express my opinion in favor of any individual whom I might conceive best qualified to manage the affairs of the nation.
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