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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1844
His Excellency, Anson Jones. P. S. I thank you for the company of affords me an opportunity to write directly. you, as he is truly your friend and admirer. you to promote his interests.
Col. Payne, 0 as it I commend him to I hope it may suit
Houston.
'Anson Jones, Memoranda and Official Co1·1·es])ondence of the Revublic of Texas, 409-410. "Lamar appointed William J. D. Pierpont a midshipman in the Texas navy, and he continued with the navy during its existence. He died in December, 1903. See E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, Re']}'ltblic of Texas, 1896-1845, 138; also, The Quarterly, Texas State His- torical Association, XIII, 126. 'Houston appointed James H. Cocke Collector of Customs at the Port of Galveston on January 20, 1843. See Houston to the Senate, January 20, 1843; also see E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Journctls of t'hc Senate, Re]Jttblic of Texas, 1896- 1845, 282. 'Martin Kingsley Snell was born in Pennsylvania. He came to Texas, a member of Captain William G. Cooke's Company of "New Orleans Grays," in November, 1835, and participated in the Battle of San Antonio, De- cember 5-10, 1835. On December 24, 1835, he was raised to the rank of captain during recess of congress, the appointment being confirmed by the senate on May 23, 1837 (See Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of the Senate, etc., pp. 45, 55). He participated in the battle of San Jacinto. He commanded a detachment of the first regiment of infantry at the funeral of Stephen F. Austin, December 29, 1836. He remained with the Texas army and served with rank of captain from April 24, 1838, to May, 17, 1839 (Service Record, Texas State Library), and was captain of the Fannin artillery, 1843-1846, at which time he lived near Houston. See Dixon and Kemp, Heroes of San Jacinto, 105. •Kenneth Lewis Anderson, the Vice President. See Volume III, 424. "Colonel John W. Payne. No information.
APRIL, 1845-JUNE, 1845
TO ANDREW JACKSON DONELSON 1
Huntsville, Texas, 9th Apr. 1845
My Dear Major In accordance with my promise on yester- day, I will now communicate to you some of my views, on the question.of annexation. I regret that my time will not allow me to go as fully into an examination of the subject as would be desirable, when so much of interest to both countries is involved in the measure. The overture is now made by the United State's to Texas; and by an act of Congress, of the former, conditions are proposed,
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