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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 897. REUBEN M. POTTER TO LAMAR
Velasco 26th November 1838.-
Genl. M:. B. LAMAR SIR, .
J would not Yenture, on my very slight :1<.:qua111ra11ce with you, to address you on the subject of this communication, if I were not able to refer you to others in whose opinions you may more safely confide. I understand the Collector Ship of Aransazo has become vacant b_y the resignation of the late incumbent .Mr. Fulton. If this be so, and no provision be yet made to fill the vacancy, I take the liberty of recom- mending to you as a person compete11t to fulfill the duties of that office and worthy of the trust from his character and his sufferings in the cause Mr. James Gourlay Junr., late a resident of Matamoros, and now a citizen of Texas I refer you to the Messrs Whartons A. G. Butler, Lewis P. Cooke & Harvey Hendricks of the Ilonl. Congress for information respecting the individual of whom I speak.- You will excuse the liberty l thus take as it is in behalf of a mem- ber of the fraternity to which I lately belongd-now scattered few of them again to meet-The late American residents of l\latamoro::; I have the honour to be very respectfully yours REUBEN M. POTTER (Addressed:] Gen) :M. B. Lamar Houston {Endorsed:] R 1\( Potter Valasco, 28th November 1838-
No. 898. M. F. T. EVANS TO LAMAR
Cheraw So Ca U S A Nov 28th 1838 DEAR Sm, My object in now writing to you is to lay before you a .subject which is nearest my heart I wish to enter the Texian Navy as .Midshipman or in any other -respectable situation in the Navy which I could get. Your name is the only public one which I am acquainted with in Texas which will account for my troubling you with this Should you be so kind as to get a situation for me I wj]) make my appearance as soon as requested In making this request I do not expect to amass a fortune by it ·or even to get a good salary my object is mearly to obey the turn of my inclinations and follow the Sea, as long as I get clothes to wear and Victual,-; to eat I shall ne\·er grumble. The Oovernment is not yet in a settled state I am aware but this wm not last always. I am now in my 19th year am six feet high (so much to brag of at least) have a good c>ducation and can walk to Texas. Excuse rue for .troubling you this long. I shall await your favor with impatience. Your:: scincerel_y i\if. F. T. EVANS f Addressed:] To Hi,- Exc·elle11c·y :H. R. Lamar President of Texas Houston Texas Express to New Orlean:e: Chg Box 92 r .EndorsC'd :1 W. F. T. Eran;: N,n·y application to enter the Sen·ice Nov. 2s. 18:rn
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