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

PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR

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at least - and of course I expect yoti to go off, angry with me, be- cause I need my monny [sic] - I am G. B. Lamar

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GB Lamar Gnl Lamar Oct 26/57

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1857 Oct. 27, C. C. SAVAGE, NEW YORK, [NEW YORK] TO [MIRABEAU BUONAPARTEJ LAMAR, [WASHING- TON? D. C. ?] Acknowledging receipt of a copy of [ l' erse .Memorials?] for correc- tion; suggestions regarding a second edition. L. S. (by authority). 2 p. No. 2547 1857 Oct. 29, HOWELL COBB, WASHINGTON, JD. C.] TO [:MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, WASHING- TON, D-. C.J Inclosing two letters from G. B. Lamar; arrapgements for paying the debt. A. N. S. 1 p. No. 2548 1857 Oct. 31, HARRIETTE FANNING READ, WASHINGTON, [D. C.] TO J. VILLAMIL, GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR. Introducing Lamar. A. N. S. 2 p. No. 2549 1857 Nov. 2, HARRIETTE FANNING READ, WASHINGTON, [D. C.J TO MIRABEAU B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, [WASHINGTON, D. C.J Inclosing her note of introduction to General Villamil [Oct. 31]; Villamil's personality and public career. A. N. S. 2 p. No. 2550 1857 Nov. 13, J. HAMILTON, NEW ORLEANS, [LOUISIANA] TO THE LEGISLATURE OF· SOUTH CAROLINA 20 To· the Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature of South Carolina. NEW ORLEANS, November 13, 1857 GENTLEMEN: Since I responded to a call made upon me by ·an esteemed friend in the interior of our State, which was founded on an inquiry whether I would serve in the Senate as the successor of my lamented friend, the late Judge BUTLER, my views have undergone a change so essential, that, in a given contingency of probable occur- rence, I shall ask you to consider me as out of the list of competition for that distinguished honor and high trust.

"Clipping from The ChM'leston Mercury of November 24, 1857.

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