WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1835-1836
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B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dict-ionary of the Unitecl States Ai·my, 1026. 'General E. P. Gaines commanded the United States troops on the Sabine at this time. It was he who ordered soldiers to Nacogdoches.
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ORDER TO ORGANIZE TROOPS FROM SAN AUGUSTINE 1
Nacogdoches, Texas, 1st Sept. 1836-
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Col P. A. Sublette/ Capt. Burdett, & Col Jacob Garrett,3 will proceed to enroll the troops from the County of San Augustine, and organize them by the election of one Captain, one first, and one Second Lieutenant and report the same to the Com-in Chief Sam Houston Com-in Chief 'From the original in possession of Mr. Franklin Williams, Houston, Texas. !See Volume II, 371. 'Jacob Garrett was born in Tennesse~, moved to Arkansas, but followed his son William to Texas at an early day. In 1830 he served as alcalde at San Augustine. He took out a grant of land on the Attoyac Creek and laid the foundations of what grew to be the largest plantation in the county. He was one of the delegates from San Augustine to the Convention of 1832, was a member of the Consultation in 1835, represented San Augustine in the Permanent Council and was sent by that body to raise money and supplies for the army, a mission he performed with success. See The Q11a.rterly, Texas State Historical Association, VII, 267. In 1837 he bought the home of Thomas S. McFarland in San Augustine at which he lived throughout his life. See George L. Crocket, Two Centuries in Ea.st Texas, 94-95.
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To THE TEXAS SENATE 1 Executive Department, Columbia, 10th Dec. 1836.
To the Honorable, The Senate Gentlemen,
I have the pleasure to nominate and recom- mend to you Fairfax Catlett, Esquire, as Secretary of Legation, at the Court of the United States of America near the city of Washington; and I hope you will concur with me in his nomina- tion. It is important for the interest of the country, that a Secretary should be dispatched, with the least delay possible; and I hope this subject may meet your early attention, as well as your sanc- tion. Sam Houston
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