PAPERS OF :MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
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No. 2295. LAMAR TO THOMAS l\I. LIKENS
Laredo Garrison Texas December 24th 1846.
Lieut. THos. l\I. LIKINS Sm
Your letter of Resignation is received, and I feel it my duty, under all the circumstances, to accept it. I had hoped, from your note of the 19th inst. that you would have been able, previous to your retire- ment, to have laid before me such Monthly Returns of your depart- ment as would have secured my approval; but as this however cannot be effected I will not allow omission to defeat your wishes. Capt. Lincoln, to whom you have applied for a Court of Enquiry, shall be duly apprised of your release from arrest, and that your resignation has been accepted by me. Your Obt. Servt. lllIRABEAu B. LAMAR Capt. Commanding Laredo Grds [Endorsed:] To Lieut. Likins accepting his Resignation
No. 2296. LA::\IAR TO G. H. CROSSM:AN1° I
Laredo 24th Deer. 1846
Capt. CROSSMA::-. Qr l\Iaster, Comargo Sm
Lieut. Likins has handed in his resignation, which under all the circumstances, I have thought it best to accept. He has retired without effecting any settlement with me; but he expresses a full confidence in being able to satisfy you as well as Lieut. Britton; and he is about proceeding to Comargo for that purpose.- There is some discrepancy in our estimates; but he may possibly think me too exact and punctil- ious; and should you think the same after an examination of his papers, I sincerely hope you niay relieve him from the inconvenience of my scruples, by a speedy adjustment of his accounts on terms the wost liberal which the law will allow. · Yours respectfully ::\lmABEAU B. LAMAR Capt. Commanding at Laredo.
No. 2297. LAMAR TO ZACHARY TAYLOR
Laredo 24th Deer. 1846
To, Major General ZACKARY TAYLOR Sm.
I have the honor to report the arrival of my Command at this place on the 8th of November the inhabitants receiving us with ap- parent friendship. Quarters were obtained for the men in the build- mgs surrounding the plaza. Laredo is very little more than a heap of ruins. There is scarcely
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