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TEXAS ST.\TE LIBIUilY
No. 885. W. C. WEBB TO LAMAR
Georgetown Ky 22nd Novr. 1 s:is
The Hon. JI. B. L,uun President of "Texas" DEAR Sm
Permit me to intro<hice to yom acquaintance my N<>phew, :i\[r. David K. Webb, who ,·isits your _young and flourishing- Republic with a view of making it his future residence. From An intimate knowledge of your Brother Doct. 'rhos. R. Lamar, and a short acquaintance with you at Marion Ala. I take the liberty of reccommending my Nephew to your particular care and paironage. He is a young Gent.leman of n Classic aml Scientific Education and has had the best advantages of this Country. His Hahits are moral and correct and I will vouch for his honor and integrity. Any advice or assistance you may give him will be thankfully Received and gratefully acknowledged L,y Your obdt Servant DEAR Sm, Before I close permit me to· congratulate you on your <listinguishecl elevation. I had the honor in person to be first to congratulate you on a former interesting occassion in Perry County Alabama in 1826- Please make my Respects to your Bro Doct 'rhos. R. Lamar, if he resides in Your Country W. C. W- [Addressed :] Hon ill B Lamar President of the Republic of Texas- Mr. DK Webh. . [Endorsed:] Dr. W C Webb Georgetown Ky 22 Nov 1838
No. 889. DAVID S. KAUFMAN TO LAi\IAR
[Houston, Texas] Friday Evening Nov. 23 1838
To the Ron. MIR,\BEAU B. LA!\rAR. President of the Texas Philosophical Society Sm,
The undersigned with feelings of the most profound regret, is com- pelled, on account of serious indisposition, to excuse himself from per- forming the duty which the perhaps too partial opinion of his friends has thrown upo11 him, that of delivering an address before the Society on tomorrow en 1 ning. Thi:- regret is ~reatly enhanced, on account of the deep interest which he feels in every thing which is calculated to produce improvement of what nature so ever it may be, in this country of his adoption; ancl also that as the Society is yet in its infancy, he feels that, e,·ery effort which he can make to draw the attention of the Community generally toward it however feehle the fource from which it may emanate, sho~lcl at all times be freely used- The organization of suc-h a society as this he deems of Yitai importance to the intC're~ts of the ronntry; inasmuch ns her i11fancy, ancl the con- tinued difTknlties which she has had to encounter ever since the achieve- ment of her inrlcpendenre, ha,·e thrown serious oLstacles in the way of meutal :md intellPctunl impro,·cment. He hails the formation of the Texas Philosophi<>nl Society as the dawning of n. brighter and more
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