WRITINGS OF SAl\I HOUSTON, 1844
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stability, prosperity and success of the government and people of the Republic. Sam Houston. 1 Jom-nals of the Senate of the Republic of Texa.s, 9th Cong., 1st Sess., 9-15. Jom-nals of the Ho11se of Representatives of the Rezmblic of Texas, 9th Cong., 1st Sess., pp. 10-16 [in the House Journal this message is dated December 7, instead of December 4, as found elsewhere]. Executive Reco1·d Book, No. 40, pp. 377-381, Texas State Library. Crane, Life and Select Litera111 Remains of Sa1n Houston, 326-330. The Red Lander, December 21, 1844. Telegra1>h and Texas Register, December 11, 1844. Texas National Register, December 7, 1844.
TO THE TEXAS CONGRESS 1
Executive Department, Washington, December 5th, 1844. To the Honorable, the Senate, and House of Representatives: I have the honor to make known to the Honorable Congress, that during their recess, the judgeships in the first and sixth judicial districts became vacant by the death of their respective incum- bents, and that the same were filled by Executive appointment. Sam Houston. 'Executive Reco1·d Book, No. 40, p. 382, Texas State Library. Jo1i1"1ta-ls of the House of Re1n-esentatives of the Re7mblic of Texas, 9th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 19. Jom-nals of the Senate of the Repiiblic of Texas, 9th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 16. La Grange Intelligencer, December 24, 1844.
TO THE TEXAS SENATE 1
Executive Department, Washington, December 5th, 1844. To the Honorable, the Senate: I herewith respectfully sub- mit, for the constitutional action of your Honorable Body, the convention 2 of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, between the Republic of Texas and the Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, concluded at Paris, on•the 17th day of April, 1844. Sam Houston. 1 E. W. Winkler (ed.), See1·et Joiwrwls of the Senate, RevubUc of Texas, 1836-1845, p. 306. Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 382, Texas State Library. "The engrossed copy of this treaty that was sent to Texas-English and German versions in parallel columns-is in the Texas State Library. The
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