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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
favor and their support, when I had any influence to exercise; and whether I am or not elected, I shall hail with pleasure their suffrages. Your obt. Servant. SAMUEL M: WILLIAMS. Galveston March 13, 1846. [Endorsed : J to the voters of the 2nd Congressional District No. 2220. GAZAWAY B. LAMAR TO LAMAR Brooklyn 14th May 1846 Genl :M B LAlfAR DR COUSIN By a letter I recd yesterday from my sister Rebecca, I learn that between you & Genl McLeod there is some misconception of what I wrote to her, or of what he has written to you relative to the 1~00$ I sent you from Savannah- & that you were pressing and sacrificing the Sales of your Lands to repay it- To begin I never wrote anything in any way calling for the repay- ment-my letter alluded entirely to the Liens which you were to have placed in my hands prior to the loan- & when I sent the Check were requested to be placed with Genl or Mr McLeod- to secure the pay- ment- & I I [sic] took occasion to scold you for not only neglecting both- but that you had not sent me so much of an acknowledgment of the debt- By which I could prove it in case of death- This has been my offence & no more- & any thing beyond it, ~k- ing repayment is a misrepresentation some where- & any sacrifices you have made or may make in consequence, are altogether supererog- atory as to me- . I hope you have secured the Titles to my Lands- & will send them to me----: & if they will command $2.00 pr acre I will sell out for Cash only- If any one is settled on my Land get a written acknowledg- ment & an obligation to give possession on demand or give him notice to quit forthwith- We have had a/ c from Genl Taylor's army up to the. Capture of the detachment of Dragoons under Capt Thornton- Congress has declared quasi War & appropriated 10 millions Dollars & to raise 50 000 Volun- teers to bring it to a speedy conclusion- ! think they have acted prematurely & unwisely- & on a false ground- And I am prepared to hear soon that Genl Taylor has driven them back across the Rio Grande or that they are Captured or dispersed If you have not sold the Land you need not to pay me, but place the papers as before requested with a Lien on them so that in any event, I may have a claim & security for it- This is what I have to give beforehand for all loans I get_:_ & glad to get them so- I meant this 1200$ as an accommodation to keep you & old Hous- ton apart & if it has been used otherwise, I regret it-for that reason- Yours truly G B LAMAR [Addressed: J Genl :M. B. Lamar Point Isabel Texas Politeness of Gen Cazneau [Endorsed:] G. B. Lamar to M B Lamar
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