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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 1019. DAVID G. BURNET TO LA1LAR
Houston 17 Jany /39
Dn GENERAL I have been solicited by my old and worthy friend Col. A. Somervill to present his 11ame to you as a candidate for the Agcnc!J untlcr the law providing for the location of the Seat of government- The duties of the Agrnt are to superintend the surveying of the Town site- selling the lots-contrncling for buildings &c- It cannot be necessary to say anything in commemlation of Col-S- I believe him com- petent and do not doubt his entire integrity I have also been requested by another friend Dr Barnet of the Senate to propose his name for the same appointment- His qualifica- tions are also indubitable. in haste Yours &c &c DAVID G Bur:NET [Endorsed:] Hon. David G Burnet Houston
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No. 1018. CATHERINE EDEN TO LAMAR
Philadelphia Jany 17- 1839
MY DR Sm/ You will excuse a straingers addressing you- but when I tell you it the the [sic] unhappy broken, Hearted Aunt-of your young-and noble Friend-Robt. Eden Ilandy- you must pity-How often oh ! J!y God- have I heard him speak of you- How often wish'd his family knew you-& is it true Sir-? can it be that my beloved-my ldoliz'd Boy-is no more-impossible-it is now 12 Days-since a Letter arrived from his Partner !llr. Lusk) (whom I have never Seen)- stating our beloved Hobert, had been indispos'cl, th-ree weel.:s-and had left 11s forever- Seeing the Death of )!r Wharten,-in the papers- & not 111·s-I ha,·e hug'd to my Bosom, the I-lope-it was not so- I ask you Sir, in the name, of a bereav'cl, clestracted, Sister, and A1int- that you will visit, the Sad Spot- See how, He is clisposd of-make e,·ery Enquiry-who his Physicians were, if they were competent?- if He had a proper Female Nurse- Where His Sevt. Jim is? (that He took to Texas) with Him-and if every thing was done-that Human skill coud devise-perhaps i\fr Lusk feels, unwilling to give particulars-lest it might probe the Heart too deeply-not so, I wanl- 1 must know every )[inntia- if He-was perfectly Sensible ?-and if w-illi11g to lc11\"e his only 8iste1· and his devoted Aunt-to a Heart like yours Sir-you can enter into all these feeling- Oh! My Rob- i\fy Noble Boy- how coud you Die-among Straingers- No Sisters Bosom to rest on- No tender Aunt-to Smooth the path of Death-perhaps a Sisters Arms-to support you- & my Watchful Care-you might have been Saved-l frfl1·- I awfully fear, he has been lost, from want of proper, medical Aid- :My Dr 8ir- be candid with me- When \"OIi nn:-:wer tlii;,, and tell me all · )ly Dr Sir. ;.:houhl ~·ou r.,·er Visit this City, let our House, be your :first Visit- anY one that our Dr Rob.- lov'd. & spoke of, as he did of you-must-hc> 1lcar t0 hi:; family- 1 will not npologise, for writg- or thc> request made- lltc F'reind of my Dr Boy- can n:akc e,·ery allowance for a berenretl family- )Ir Lamar he was, our idol- the
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