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PAPERS OF }[mAnEAU BuoNAPARTE LAlUR
latter gentleman however saw l\f r C. before I did they having arrived nbo_ut the same time- From what r can learn :;\lr Stiff is decidedly hostile in his feelings toward you & threatens to sue you for slander I have not seen him since his return- I send your corn by )Ir Bai;sett-it was found between my house & towu on the riYer road I have heard nothing more from )fr C or Sti tr respecting the account I believe it stands as when you left & I pre- sume nothing will be done with it- Please gi\'e my respects to the ladies and let us hear from you soon Very Hespy. Yr. friend JANE H LOXG [Addressed:] Genl. M.B. Lamar City of Austin_ Texas pvt :Mr Bassett (Endorsed:] John H. Long Dec. 2. '39 Private
Xo. 1554.
El\IMELINE C. HANDY BROWN TO LAMAR Pbila Deer. 3d 1839.
MIRABEAU LAMA.R Esqr HONORABLE Sm.
I would not voluntarily trespass upon your time and attention a second time but for reasons I will briefly mention- You are the chief magistrate of a Country ha.llowed and dear to me--Texas gave a Grave to m,v only Brother (Tho tis not now his resting place) and tis aU it gave him- All it will ever be required to give him- If Texas or rather its public functionaries, can be -un111-i11df11l or forgetful of- Robert Eden Handy and his u11t·iring zeal and Devotion to her cause (The C(l'llSC of his ado)'>te<l Land)- it is not for [me to] remind them of their cluty--or to solicit a.ttent·ion and honors that ought to have burst spontaneously from the Heart, and been ofl'erd immediately upon the dissolution of one of the noblest pieces of God's \Yorkmanship. A Disi'.nterested Patriot-A sincere Friend- .A Bra·ve a.nd honest C'1"lizen- .But I promised to be brief and I will be so-- The Revd William L. McCalla, a minister of the Gospe) and a Gentleman, destinguished· for Talents of the highest order nnd Piety not less c-mi11ent and re- m·nrkuble, will leave This City in n few Days for your Republic- Per- mit me to introduce him to you-And recommend him to your partic- ular f aro1·- Any attention or assistance you may render him by pro- moting or facilitating his views (for the particulars of which I refer you to him self) will confer a lastin,q favor upon llll' :;\[r l\fcCalla was Chaplafo formerly of the army under Gen Jack- son; and more particularly under Gen Jessup, who, I hare understood has_ al·ready written on to your Cabinet-speaking of Mr lifcCalla as he desires- In a word he is a gentleman and a Christ.inn- He has been my spiritual Guide for some time, and if l were askrd nt this time, who l consider the best man, that is the p·urcst Christian l know- I sho~ld unhesitatingly reply (after years acquaintance)- The Hevd Wm [L. lHcCalla] Altho deeply wounded by your apparent neglect (we hnre ue\'cr re-
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