The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume IV

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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1844

Sir- Pay the above amount of one hundred and fifty dollars to the order of Thos. I. Smith, out of the funds in your hands to my credit for Indian Purposes. Sam Houston [Rubric]

1 Financial Papers, 1842-1844, Texas State Library.

To T. J. HEARD 1 Indian Department To T. J. Heard for Medical Services 1844 Sept 26th To attendance, Medicine &c (Ben Ash)

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$2.00

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Washington 19th. Oct. 1844 - Examined & found Correct

T. G. Western, Supt. Indn. Affrs. The Treasurer (Acting) will pay the above amount of twenty- two Dollars. Sam Houston [Rubric] Received of J. H. Raymond Actg. Treasurer the amt. of twenty-two dollars in Exchequers in full for the above acct. T. J. Heard 1 Financ-ial Pavers, 1842-1844, Texas State Library. Doctor Thomas J. Heard, the son of Captain John Heard and Susan (Fannin) Heard, was born in Morgan County, Georgia, on May 14, 1814. His mother was a cousin of James Walker Fannin, who was massacred at Goliad by order of Santa Anna. Thomas J. Heard was reared and educated in the schools of his native county in Georgia, and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He came to Texas in 1837, and

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