P,\PEns OF ?1-IrnADE,\U BuoNAPAnTE LAMAR 337 legal rights of the citizens of Texas. With your friend Judge Webb I am not personally acquainted, but if it shall be agreeable to you, will be pleased that upon your knowledge of my professional character,. you shall propose me to him as a partner in the Practice oi the Law & inform me of the result. With respect Yr friend JNO MILTON. r Addressed:] His Excellency l\lirabeau Lamar, President of Texas. Austin. [ Endorsed :] John l\Iilton New Orleans Dec. 20th 1839
No. 1580. CYRUS JOY TO LAl\IAR Texiau Consulate Office, Philadelphia, Deer 20th, 1839.
To His Excellency l\I. B. LAMAR ) President of the Republic of Texas ) Sm,
I have the honor to introduce to your Excellency's favorable notice, the Rev V{m l\fcCalla of this City-To you, Sir, I need only mention his name, for his reputation as a scholar and theologian, yourself and the country are in possession of-He visits Texas, believing it a field in which he may labor and do much good- In patronizing :M:r i\lcCalla 8ir, so far as you may believe him worthy of your patronage, you will render an important Service to the Republic of Texas, in as much as he will draw after him many valuable emigrants, and by his moral and religious influence exercise a salutary bearing in the community- With Sentiments of high respect I have the honor to be, Sir, Yours Obt Servant CYRUS Joy [Addressed:] His Excellency :M. B. Lamar President of the Re- public of Texas City of Austin, Texas Rev Wm. McCalla- [Endorsed :] Cyrus Joy, Dec 20, 1839.
No. 1581. DAYID KELSEY HARRIS TO LAMAR
United States December 22d 1839 Floyd County Kentucky Prestonburg
MIREABAUGH B LAM.AR Sm in hopes that your official dutyes as the chiefe of your republick is not so pressing as to prohibit you from corresponding with a citizan of a forrin Cuntr.v .I take the liberty of writeing to you for informn- tion on seYerall subjects understanding you ware formerly a ritizan of Georgia I first ask you what infiuance your climate would have on our citiza11s Ware thay to emigrate to your cuntry and what part of texes would be most suitable for Kentuckyans to move to the opertunity of aquiring lands with good title and the generall products of your Soyle. the adrnntagies and disadvantagies thut the labouring part of rommu- nity would encounter an<l Heceve By moveing to your cuntr_v and the setled situation of your government if you think the indians will con- tinue to i1wacle we are a labouring nnd stoek raising p<'ople give us your oppenion how we could succcd in texes nnd all other information
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