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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ·•
No. 2239. SETH WILLIAMS TO LAMAR
Head Quarters, 2nd Division Army of occupation Camargo, Nov 22d 1846
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I am instructed by the General Commanding to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th. inst- The general directs me to say in reply, that it was never intended that the Captain of the l\Iajor Brown, should leave her, on the Con- trary he was expressly instructed to stay by her, until the water should be sufficiently high to bring her clown the river-all that was expected of your command, was simply, to afford protection to the boat- I am sir Very respectfully Your obdt Servant SETH WILLIAMS 2d Lt & A.A.D.C To/ Captain Mirabeau, B, Lamar- Capt of the Laredo Garrison Laredo [Endorsed: J Seth Williams 2nd Lt A.A. Q. l\I. Camargo to M B Lamar
No. 2240. THOMAS M. LIKENS TO F. BRITTON Laredo Garrison Texas Nov. 26th 1846 Subsistance Dept.
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I have the honor to acknowledg the Ret of $300. three hundred dollars in Treasury drafts on the 21st November Inst. by the hand of :Mr. Hancock. Compelled to use the funds I was driven to the neces- sity of making a shave on part of the amount. Verry Respectfully sir your Obedient Servant (Sign, Trros. M. LIKENS Luet A.A.C.S 1st Leut F. Britton U.S. A A.O. S- Comargo Qmr Dept, I certify that the foregoing letters of Leut, Likins to Leut. Britton and the other to Ca.pt G. H. Crossman are true copies of two letters which I found recorded in one of the Books kept by said Leut. Likens whilst acting as Quartermaster & Comassary of the Laredo Garrison . J.M. CLAY No. 2242. THOMAS :u. LIKE~S TO G. H. CROSS:\IAN 4 Laredo Garrison Nov 27th 1846 Sm :My helth is so feeble that I am unable to attend the Escort to Camargo I presume however that it is not important that I go down, as Leut Veatch who has command of the Escort is known to you, and will answer all the purpose that I could were I present, I am quite in arrears for lack of funds Very Respectfully Sir your obt. Sevt. (Signed) THos. l\L LIKENS, Lieut. A.A.Q.M. Capt. G. H. Crossman, U. S. Army 'Certification of J. :M. Clay attached. See No. 2240.
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