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to fill that office-- I would recommend above all others who would accept of the office. Either- Thomas H Brennan or William, C, V, Dashiel, Esqrs I consider Either of Those Gentlemen capable and worthy of public con fi<lence-- With Sentiments of high Respect your obt Servant . HENRY MILLARD [Enclosure:] :Mr Emery, will pleas take acct and open any Letters Directed to my address that may arive by next mail from Jefferson county Houston Augst 5th 1839 HENRY MILLARD [Addressed:] To The Hon. Secretary of State Houston [Endorsed:] Henry l'llillard's Resignation as Chief Justice, Jefferson County, Aug 6h 1839 No. 1392. JOHN M. ALLEN TO LA?\fAR Thursday Morning August 8th. 1839. To. His Excellency M. B. LAMAR DEAR Sm- It is some time since I have had the pleasure of seeing you, & I have again concluded to write you; particularly as I have learned some of my enemies have been striving to make you believe, I am one of your greatest enemies-if they have thus far succeeded in prejudicing you- r regret it-if not, I still wish you to consider me as an applicant for a situation in the Navy-that of Post Capt. with command of the sta- tion permanently, is what I desire-- The situation I now hold is but for one year-six months of which have already expired-you are aware,. what were my motives for running for :Mayor-besides I would prefer the Naval Service An early answer is, requested- y ours respectfully J.M. ALLEN, N. B.-Will your excellency please instruct me, previous to the de- parture of the Columbia what answer I shall give our consul, respecting the murderer now in prison at New Orleans- I should have called ere · th~s but illness has confined me to my bed for some time--past .[Addressed:] To. His Excellency M. B. Lamar- Present [Endorsed:] J n[ Allen Galveston 8th. Augt 1839 No. 1393. E. SMITH TO LAMAR Houston Aug. 8th (1839] Will Gen Lamar forgive in one, almost an entire stranger, the pre~- sumption of writing- & the annoyance of a request, which she has taken the liberty to mnke? gen Lemar's own deliracy of feelin(T will muk~ him aware tlrn~ nothing but unhapp_y circumstances of Rn e~trnordinary· nature, could mcluce a la<ly so far to forget her dignity & to abandon· reserve as to appear_a petitioner to one, upon whose bounty & goodness. she can have no claims- Perhaps you arc aware that the situntion of naval storekeeper was offered my father, before it wns known his term
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