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joinecl the Washington Company at Louisville ahout September 18:rn. & from thence proceeded to New Orleans & from thence to Gal- veston- & then to Valcscoe- &- then to )Iatcgorda Bay & up the river Lahacca & joinecl the 'l'exan Ai my in c:amp under the command of C:C'nl. Houstoll &, was orderly f:larje11t in Captain C'ollerac's company he wa" nhout 5 ·feet 8 inches in height rnther stout light complexion- & had a piece hrokcn off one of his front teeth & in his 30th year of hi;: agf'- .J rn11lerstand that he entcrccl the senice for 9 months which expired 1st. .July "18:37. :\l_y presf'nt object in troubling your Excellency is to ascertain the truth of the report which has reached us & if you n·ould be so kind as to <·ausc an enquiry to be macle that T may be satisfied whether he is dead or not. I shall 1,e g-reatly ohligcd We haYe been also informed that there is 9 months pay clue to him 111; well a:; 960 1crc-s of Land would you at the same time be good cnoug-h to inform me "·hl'!her this is the fact & if so what steps I must take to rceo,·cr the same- he has five Brothers lfring and two of the eldest sec-ms anxious to go out to the Texas and I think if there he nu_y prospect of reco\'cring an,r thing (in case he should be dead; it would be a great inducement ns they are at present in a commercial line of lrnsincss- hut our priucipal object at present is to asccrtaiq the fact whether he is alive or not- It would ginl me great plrasure in discharging any costs that mny be inc·urrcd by this communication hut on enquiring I find it quite impoi;:silile, but if you roulcl !'-uggest any mode of repaying any charges I shall he most happy to do so As I feel very uneasy on aecount of the news l have received I woulcl esteem it a further fa,•or if you could auswer me as soon as convenient r ha,·c· the Honor to remam Your most obedt Serd. NICHOLAS CARTER [Acldrc-s~ed :] To His Excellency the President Texas North Amer- ict p Cuba [Endorsed:] Nicholas Carter-Harrogate Eng. 2-l Oct '38
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No. 850. A. W. NOEL TO LA)CAR
Augusta [Georgia] Oct 25th. 1838.
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Will you be so kind, my dear Sir, as to pardon me if I have erred in calling on you in a matter which can only be of limited- if of any interest at all to you? Will yon pardon me for the trouble I may give you, wheu I call on you for that whirh, I concei,·e none other can so well give- whatever may be its cost to you? Since 1831 it has been my design to make Texas my adopted coun- try. circumstances which are alone interesting to me-a111l nn ngc>d .Mother-were the c·nuses whic>h prevented the earlic-r fulfilment of my designs when better able to clo so thnn at present. Time, which beautific-s or deforms the past, has rcmow<l all the hindrances heretofore existing, not, howcrnr, without lcnvinrr onP. of paramount importance, and which, for the pre~cut, may be th; c-hiefest
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