PAPERS 01,• 1'ImxcEAU BuoN,.\PAR'fE hHUR 239 Inst male branch of a noble Stock- to you I need not say, He in- herited-all the bravery, all the fillegible], all the Virtues that coud adorn Man- .\l_y Dr Sir, looHe 110 time in answering me & Jla_y the Great God. i:parc, & hlc:o:; _you C.\TllElllNE EDE~ Direc:t to the Care of David Paul Brown Esqr, who married poor Hol her] ts 011ly sister I enclose you the obituary Notice in this City Should you have any papers-(which most certainly )Jerit like his can not be passed o,er~ Send them to me I fear you will not he able to read this- ~Iy hand is in such a state- l\Iy Hand so m1steady. f Addrcssec.1 :] :M. B. Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas. (Houston) [Endorscc.1 :] Catharine Eden. Pha 17th July 1839
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No. 1020. ALLEN GREENE TO LAMAR
Green Hill Jones Co
Ga 18 January 1839
Hon }[ B LAMAR DE,\H Sm
my intention at present, is to Yisit Texas next spring and wish you to inform me how much land is given by the govermner.t of Texas to imigrants, and if wic.lowes with families is i11clmled, anc.1 if thare is any partickular Section of Countery in which it is to be located, and what is your own opinion of the troublesomeness of the indians and ad to this whatcavcr other information, you may thihk an emigrant to- that countery should Know, &C and you will much oblige your old Friend Statesman &C ALLEN GREENE f Addressed:] Hon ~[ B Lamar Houston Texas Via N. Orleans [Endorsed:] Allen Green-Green Hill Geo. Jany. 18/39
No. 1021. JACOB P. WELCH TO LAi\IAR
Geo1·gia Twiggs co. January 18-1839~
DEAR Sm:
If you remember, it was some time during the month of December· 1831, that you spent, (in consequence of indisposition) several days. with my uncle, ~laj. George W. Welch, with whom I was then residing, a11cl at which time I had the pleasure of formiJ1g an acquaiutnnce· with you. Not long after this, the Siar of lite ·west-the Republic of 'l'<'xas, begun to excite much attention.- At this tim<', [ was using e,·ery exertion to acquire an education, hut having to contend with all the unfavorahle auspices incident to po,·erty, whi<'h greatly di::,turLcd mJ ndvancement, I was, therefore, upon the very wrge of ubnlllloning for a time. my literary pcrsuits_, and resoh·e to live, or tlie, in 'l'cxas !- )ly uncle learning what I had in contcmplntion, urg-l'cl the impropriety
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