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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
I doubt not that your Excellency has been much surprised at the nun~erous & frivolous complaints that haYe been presented by persons callmg themselves Citizens of this County, before the last session of Congress, they must have produced this conclusion and I regret to state it is a just one that our County is distracted with internal dis- ~ensions But Sir my reason for addressing you emanates from a far different source than the spleen of a vindictive and party spirit, I beg briefly to ~tate the facts and hope most earnestly hope your Excellency will take the premises into serious consideration A person under the cognomen of C W Vickery was elected duly commissionC'd and sworn as one of the Associates of the County Court i~1 and for this County He the said Vickery was agreeably to a Cer- !tfiC'ate I have received from the War Department (a Copy of which 1s annexed) in the service of the Republic and subsequently discharged without any claim on the Government which I consider is tantamount to a Dishonorable Discharge l\[y object therefore in addressing you can be easily deduced and I most respectfully solicit that your Excellency will favor the Well Wish- ~rs of the Community with ,vour opinion on the subject. That w_hether under the circumstances as before stated related the aforesaid incum- bent of the responsible office as an Associate of the County Court can consistently with the Law of the Land continue to discharge the duties thereof and hold the office of a Public functionary Most Respectfully Your Obdt Servt J A l\fooDr I Certify that the foregoing is a true statement EDWARD LINN One of the Associates of the County Court [Endorsed:] J as Moody, Feby 25th 1850. enquiring about the dis- charge of C W Vickery. No. 1732. SAM. HEWES AND OTHERS TO LAi\lAR His Excellency M B LAMAR Sm W c the undersigned with much respect solicit for our friend Mr William Byrne of the City of Lamar, the appointment of Secretary of Legation of the Court of France, :Hr B--- having received his Education in that Country, and his Talents and perfe~t k_nowledge of the French Language justifies us in making the application, and we beg leave to express it as our opinion that Mr Byrne would be of the greatest service to the embassy, and that the Secretary~hip could not be filled to better advantage than by the appointment of that Gentll'man SAM. HEWES Jos. E. PLUllMER Lamar 26th of February 18-!0 \\' ILi.ARD R1 c11,um~o~
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