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tional eorn;i,leration. I therefore respectfully recommend an equitnhle ndjustme11t of his claims in the nature of a compromise i:o ns to IE'a<l to the important results in view whic·h would be no doubt wholl.v cle- featC>d hy the tardy and protracted cled~ions of the c:ourt:-; of j11stire- [E11dorsecl: ·1 Fragment on nC'ecl:5 of Texns
No. IGI I.
HISTORICAL NOTES. LA~lAR ·
[Houston? Texas, 18391
FHOlI SAllL. )(. WILLLL\IS Col Williams saw Lafitte in Washington in January 1819 while Adams, & DeOnis were engaged on the Florida Treaty- He met Lafitte in July 1819 in New-Orleans. Lnfitte then mentioned his leav- ing GalYeston-.- Lafitte, his father & Brother bought the Canvass to make his sails of S )1. Williams Uncle in Baltimore- Beal commanded a Volunteer Corps in N. 0. of which Sam )1 Willinms wa~ a member- Beal was orderecl to search for Longs men; i:ome fl fty were picked up in the Swamps, and marched them through Char- ters street, hut nothing being against him they were discharged D.\RO~ BASTROP After the Proclamation of the Constitution of Me:tico, abolishin_g nil tittles of nohilit_v, the Baron dropped, his nncl afterwards signed him- self Felipe Henrique Neri He hnd up to thnt period ~igned the Land Documents as commissioner "El Baron cle Bnstrop"- He was Commissioner of Austin's first Colony. He left as Execu- tors of his last Will, Stephen F. Austin and Jose Antonio Saucedo.- No. 1615. NOTES REGARDING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. LA?lfAR [Houston? .183-?l The Secretary o( the Na,·y sought command of the squadron ;, it w'.1s refused; the squadron was fitted out afterwards, and the Secrctnr_,· m his o~~inl Capacity furnished the proper instructions to govern the exped1t10n; he then obtains a furloucrh for leave of absence for one month under the plea of inclispositio~ & a want of spirits-he tht>n joins the squadron in his private capacity as a passenger m~rely, _111111 i:ails with the expedition; the expedition violates the Instructions _!! l",('11 them- 'l'he question occurs how far is the Secretary accou!1tnblc_ tor the nets of the squadron violatino- w1der his own eye, Instructions g1wn by himself- 0
NOTES UPON THE TAKT~IJ OF THE :\IAR'l'TTA, ETC. LA:\fAR r Houston ? Tcxn~, 1 s::- ? I THE T.\Kl:\"G or THE )1 .\ HTII.\
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