The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, Volume IV, part 2

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PAPERS OF MIUABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR

for Texas which after intense exertions great expences & large ad- vai;ices to the Ministers of Texas I succede<l in effecting a Contract for J Laffitte & Co which was prevented by the perfidy of the French Govt. - 7. With the Diplomatic Commissions to [sic] gave me I succeed in procuring the recognition of the Independence of Texas after intense labors in the. face of the antislavery prejudices of Europe with its principal [ ?] Powers - 8. ln 18-!2, l succee<l in London by a proceeding the admiralty in causing two large Mexican war Steamer to be disarmed that were about to proceed to Texas of Texas [sic] to carry desolation conflara- tion [conflagration] to her coast · 9. I was ignominously recalled by Genl. Houston after performing such service & not allowed to exchange the Rubbish of my own Treaties in 1841 - 9. Since that period I have been a Petitioner to the Legislature for a justice yet denied ·with fortunes greatly impaired but a spirit unsubdued.

[ En<lorsed] Jas. Hamilton Oct 5/57 Lamar

No. 2539

1857 Oct. 12, J. L. ANDERSON, MOBILE, [ALABAMA] TO M[IRABEAU] B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, WASHING- TON, D. C. Application for appointment as secretary of legation. A. L. S. 2 p. No. 2540 1857 Oct. 17, J. C. SHAW, RICHMOND, [TEXAS] TO M[IRA- BEAUJ B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [WASHINGTON? D. C. ?] Lamar's business affairs; the low price of cotton. A. L. S. 1 p. Ko. 2541 1857 Oct. 19, W[ILLIAMJ T. AUSTIN, GALVESTON, [TEXAS] TO M[IRABEAUJ B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, WASH- INGTON? D. C. ?] Burnet's disinclination to accept a proposed appointment; requesting Lamar's good offices with Cobb toward procuring the writer a govern- ment appointment; Rusk's death. A. L. S. 1 p. No. 2542 1857 Oct. 22, F. I. KING, NEW YORK, [NEW YORK] TO [MIRA- BEAU BUONAPARTE] LAMAR, [WASHIN~TON? D. C.?J Sending a letter for delivery in Buenos Ayres. A. L. S. 1 p.

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