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in all public Documents published by order of our Govt wherein it beC'ame necessary to register the names of the Govt Officers, I hope you will not deem me guilty of Egotism by giving the above detail when my object is Explained and when I assure you that if I should haYc the proper Encouragement to become a Citizen of your Govt I will bring with me the Credencials to Satisfy you I have been all I represent myself T haYe men11:; to spar!' which will be used in promoting the Intrests of the Country I locate in and flatter myself that Several proffcssional Gentn would Emigrate with me. In brief I wish to Jmow if I pro- duce Satisfactory Cridence to you on my arrival at Capitol of all my representations above whether I could succeed in procuring an appoint- ment in the .Army corrisponding to the one I resigned in this state, you will oblige me by answering this letter as soon as possible Respectfully Your Obt Sevt LEWIS H. SANDS [Addressed:] His Excellency The President of Texas Houston Texas
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No. 983. WILLIS ROBERTS TO LAMAR
Galveston 2d Jan. 18~9
DEAR )I JRABEA u Pardon my uncourtley address, I have not yet schooled myself to say your Excellency &C. but hope to learn better manners after a while. J am at length installe<l into my new office. I find about me some Yinegar faces, but I have the assurances of some of the most intelligent here that the appointment meets with general satisfaction. Even :Mr Borden himself is assiduous in affording me every facility in my in- duction into my new otrice. In selecting my clerks & other officers I ha,·e chiefly consulted Dr. Kelton & :i\Iajr Allen. Dr. Kelton has chosen the office of Cashier as being less onerous than the rest, and affording him some time to look after his private affairs. As he has manifrsted a ,·ery obliging disposition, declining to accept the appoint- ment of deputy Collector, as much to accommodate Joel as ,rnything else, and ns he wishes the appointment of Notary public for this port, an office he can very well couple with the one he now holds without the least incompatability, it would afford both him and myself a grati- fication shoultl you be disposed to give him that appointment. As no legal objection was found to Joel's appointment to the deputy ship, and as the law secures the appointment to the deputy for three years, or during the administration under which he is appointed, I thought best to secure to mYself the assistance of one of whose :fidelity I had better assurance than· I could possibly have of any other. J oci, therefore, is the deputy. WL. RonEnTs f Ar1dressed:] His Excellency :Mirabeau B. Lamar Houston I Em1or::ed: 1 Wm. Roberts Galveston 2nd. Jany Private relations Respectfully Your obliged friend
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