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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPAUTE LAMAR
get to Parana that you are in.a Country where the means of living and every thing else are enormously high, and that you can only get your supplies from the United States or Europe as opportunities may offer; and I am very .doubtful if you can live upon the salary which is al- lowed you by our Government, on my arrival at home I will send you the map directed to the "State Department" at Washington.
I am very respectfully Yours &c R: Fitzpatrick [Endorsed]
R. Fitzpatrick to Genl Lamar 4th. Septem
No. 2532
1857 Sept. 26, A[SA] H. WILLIE, INDEPENDENCE, [TEXAS] TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [RICHMOND, TEXAS] Withdrawing his application for appointment as secretary of lega- tion. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 2533 1857 Sept. 26, D. G. BURNET, [LYNCHBURG, TEXAS] TOM. B. LAMAR, [RICHMOND, TEXASJ 2 ~
Home, Saturday noon Sept 26 1857
Genl. M. B. Lamar
:0:ear Sir
Yours of 23d. inst. was received this morning - Our Smart Post Master had carried it two days in .his pocket - If I had recd. it in due, Season, I would have come down and enjoyed the pleasure of a last interview with an old friend, who, it is more than probable I shall never see again in this changing world - May it please the great Author of all good that we shall meet again in that World where no changes and no sorrows can ever mar the hap- piness of the blessed - That we have long acted in harmony for the intended good of our adopted country, is and always will be a gratifying re- flection to me - That you may in your present mission be enabled to promote your own happiness and the best interests of our common country is my most ardent desire - You are going to a delightful climate and will probably find some very agreeable Anglo-Korman Society, American '& English. I hope l\lrs Lamar will find enough of the right sort of female associates, to make her residence in a strange land, altogether agreeable - You must be careful in your fondness for equestrian exercise, that you do not venture too far among the wild gauchos of the pampas - they are a savage and faith- less race - It would give me great pleasure to hear from you after your
"A. L. S.
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