P.\PERS OF :i\fmAnEAU Buo~APARTE L,nun
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ment I would become a permanent resident of the place when located nnil should use my best exertions to promote the interest of our Country With high Consicleratiow; of Hegarcl I am You[r·I Exc:ellencys Obedient Servant Eowrn WALLER rAddressecl :1 His Excellency, :i\l. B. Lamar Houston rEndorsed :] Eclwarcl Waller application GO\-t Agt. Recd 20th. Feb 1839, Compled with
No. 104.5. J . B. LYNCH TO LA)l.AR
Carroll County, Louisiana Fehr. 6th 1839
Sm I address myself not to the P. of Texas, but to :\L B. Lamar, when we have uo personal knowledge of an individual we must form our estimation of him thro' :id or even -1th parties- thus I am led to this communication from E. \r's estimation of you, & Col. :\lilam's of him; I disclaim however any expectation or desire, that you should give yr attention personally to any concern of mine, which I am aware would be incompatalile with your more incumbent occupations, but I make no apolog-y for requesting that you would avail yourself of the knowleclge of indi,·itluals your situation gives you, in refering my conunii;;;ion to a man of integrity & abillity, as 1 nm compitnnt to do so would afford gratification to an indcpendant mi11C]--the statement I lrn,·e to make is as follows, hadug remoYed with my family con- sisting of my c:hilclrcn, with my negroes from Carolina to Tennessee, earl_v in ]8:H .I proceeclecl immediately with n Tennessean by name of Taylor for Te>xas: with a ,·iew of obtaining Janel, & a re>~idence-from Natchitof'he!" on Red ri\-er, he was to proceed to Au:-:tin's c:olony- . I to )Iilam's & we were to mce>t in N agndoche. I got shot acciden- tally near Natchitoches & was delayed too long to visit )I's colony that season. T. prof'eetled & procurr,l land in Austin's. I got acquninte>cl with Milam while confillrcl at :'\ntehitoches, & Yisite>cl his rolouy in 18:{2 he wislu•cl me to procure 111ml there representing that n re>rnlu- tion wonld take place i11 l'P.w mouths • I objected on leaming the> :-:rnte of things; to raking the oath or nlleg-iance~s to i\Ii:-xico, Lut agre>ed to become a f•itizen whrnc>\'C'I' ihc 'l'exinns :::houkl (le>clare thcmselres in- depenclant, :-:ome> year;: followed without any thing clceisi,·e occuring, in the mPan time Taylor who Imel occ·upyccl his 1111111 ill 'l'Pxas. on which I helc1 au extensive lieu, came on a Yisit to 'l'e>n11e>ssec. & 1lil•1l on the :;\[issi:-:ippi on his way l1n(•k- L was in bncl henlth & i11rnln•t! in many cliffi(•ulties, hut re>tninctl my intention of remo,·iug to Te>xas when i11clepe>1Hl1111t, ns intimated to :\I ilam: some time afiPr his fntlwr's 1leath You11_g Taylor a hoy who 11:111 pn,.:s'd n yt>ar with him in 'l'Pxas, bef'11n1e de>siro11:-: of 1·e>r11rninir thPrc• ,'\- I l'IHthle>cl him tn do ,.:11, with n. riew hoth or rPtai11i11.:..:· hi:-: I·S'1tlll'r·:-: prn)ll'l't_Y. & :-l'1·11J'i11.u-n1y lie11 011 it, he Ht'<:ord ingly retunwd ru Tc•x,1,-:, & ha::: n•:-:ic h•cl t IH' rt' t• rt•r :-:i 111·1•. in ''l~ote in docnm<:'nt: I Thi• :\h•xirun,-,lunhtlt•,;s !!ll\"ll you 11lti11iall•l.1· g11otl c:nUs!! for a rc:1·0l ut ion- lint l h<:':'(' is as Ii t th• cluuht Ihn I hntl l h,•I' 11111 ,l,111c: so, you wo11l1l hun~ ha<l u1u• lu•Iur,• this t im,· 1111 .n· own n·,1•011,-il,ility
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