P.\T'F.ns OP )lrnAHEAu BuoNAPAllTE L,DlAR 183 which the Counti-y has bcr<'ll I so long struggling, as in a great measure settled, This will induce a still greater influx of population, especially of the planting and mechanical classes- God scn<l you a happy ad- min istrntic'IJl- I <'an think of nothing here, that would interest you, in faet J am mysPlf interested in nothing sa,·e Texas, and as I said before nil impatience to get off- The family all send their love to you- and bclie\'e me as Your sincere friend S.all[L A ROBERTS rAd<lressPcl :] Genl },[. B. Lamar Houston Texas r Endorsed : ·1 John A. Roberts i\fobile Apl 14, 18:-38 Private
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No. 7t-l-. JOSEPH RIDDLE, JR. TO LAi\fAR United States of America Wood\'ille .Mississippi April 16th 1838
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Some days since I took the liberty of troubling you with a letter, in hopes you would be able to hold out sufficient inducements, to en- able me to gratify my long cherished wish, of making your Republic and its Metropolis my permanent Residence- Iu which I informed you that I was a practitioner of the Law, and could carry with me Certificates of IlE>spectable standing both in my profession and society generally- Also of my having a small family, and that a combination of unfortunate circumstances had reduced me to the necessitv of de- pending nl~ne 011 my profession for a support That in this ·state, it has always more than yealdecl what current Expenditures haYe de- mandecl, but llC\'erthcless, a hope of even succeeding better, and being so well pleasesed rsic] with your Goverment, (which please permit me to add, has been so modified by the lights the Experiance of this Con- federacy has afforded, as to plar.e the permanancy of your Institutions on e,·en a more solid basis than I fear those of this Union are based) the ra:-:t tho' un<levelopecl resources of your country, that I am more than anxiow: to cast my lot among you, if it can possibil_y he done compatibly with the duty a family imposes on me- All I ask for is au assurauce of succeeding in making a competency, until mo[rle exte>nsh·e accttrnintance and a i:teady uniform course of attention to business shall reap its reward- If the perquisites of the Law would not at present yealcl enough to support my family in unostentatious decency I should like to become an assistant in the Editorial Depart- ment of the paper at Present Published in Houston or throui:rh the assistance of Texians & your Respected Self Among them be enabled to Establish one on a larger scale- I have assurances if I were either to become associated with the Proprietors of the presE>nt Pnper or establish a new one on an fmperial sheet I could get in the thrl'c Statl•S of ::\lissipi .\laba & Lonisimrn upwarcls of Two 'l'housn1HI :-:;uh- scribers- l hope the arcluou;: cluties ,rhich now occupy ne1•e;:;:nril~· yom· attention, will not comprl you e>ntirely to pn,:s unoh,:ern•cl the toph·s to which I ha,·e clirectCll your Atte>ntion. hut thnt your e>nt·our- agemC'nt may h<' suffi<'ient to irnlurc llll' in11ur1lint<'ly to n,,·i:-:it your county- Perhaps it may not h<' amiss to mention the l'a1·t uf my hnY- in~ ahandone(l my profession to nicl you with nil till' frpl,le> me>nns I
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