WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1835-1836
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doings of him the said Memucan Hunt Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary fully empowered as aforesaid. In Testimony whereof I have signed these presents and affixed my private seal, (there being no great seal of office yet procured) Done at the Town of Columbia this 31st day of December A. D. 1836, and of the Independence of this Republic the first. [SEAL] Sam Houston [Rubric] J. Pinckney Henderson, Acting Secretary of State 1 From the original owned by Mrs. Madge W. Hearne. For Memucan Hunt, see Volume I, 525, II, 32.
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TO THOMAS JEFFERSON GREEN1
Columbia, Texas, 1st Jany, 1837.
Dear General, It is 4 O'clock in the morning, and I have had no rest since we parted, The letters to General Hamilton I send by Genl Hunt. Give the letters to Genl Hamilton all speed. If he should come, urge him to speedy action- and may God speed you- Send Troops and Supplies- Yours truly Sam Houston Genl. T. J. Green [Addressed] : To Genl T. J. Green Velasco Texas [Endorsed] : From Pres. Sam Houston Jany 1/37 No. 3. 1 From a photostat in the University of Texas Library. The original is the property of Harry E. Pratt, Springfield, Illinois. ARTICLES OF CONTRACT BETWEEN HERVEY WHITING AND THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, FEBRUARY 11, 1837 1 Articles of Contract and agreement between Hervey Whiting of the first part and the Government of Texas on the second part : Whereas for and in Consideration of a Sufficient quantity of Beef to be delivered on foot and killed at Spillmans Island for the supply of the Post of Galveston from Twenty days from the Date hereof untill the eleventh day of February 1838 the proper quantity to be determined by the commandant of the post, the Beef to be delivered once a week for the next two months and
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