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-by way of home and thence to your City. I must be at your court- I will bear to you some dispatches from a particular and tried friend -0f yours in relation to the exercise of your prerogative in the appoint- .ment of a Commissioner General Genl. [sic] of the land office which must presently be vacated. The papers on that subject are under lock and key at my own house and will be handed you by myself so soon .as I arrive which will be on Tuesday at farthest of the first week of the Term With my best wishes for your health and individual happi- ness as well as the success of the leading measures which have charac- terised you in the administration, of the high powers with which you ·.are charged I remain Sincerely your friend R M WILLIAMSON [Addressed:] To Genl Mirabeau Lamar City of Austin politeness ·of Jennings Esqr [Endorsed:] R 1\f Williamson April 25 1840 ·No. 1792. LOUISA MURRELL TO LAMAR
Edge Hill [South Carolina,] 28th Apl 1840.
'General LAMAR Srn.
I trust that the purport of this letter will excuse in a measure the :liberty I take in addressing you-it is written-solely to ascertain the fate, if possible of, one, who has ever represented you to me, as a most. :-gallant Soldier & sensible man. indeed I should presume from the manner in which he has invariably mention'd ) 'OU in his letters, that he has the honour of a personal acquaintance with you should this be the case, I feel satisfied that his extraordinary merits & talents alone, would be a sufficient inducement to recommend him to your sympathy -& protection should he need them- This person, Sir is Mr. Williard Richardson-he lived with me five years previous to his going to 'Texas- He is very dear to me, as an esteemed friend & from the fact -that he was frequently corresponding with me until the 1st of Novem- ber last, leading me then more than ever to expect, letters often, & sence which time I have written nine letters to him, all directed to the Capital where he said he would be during the Session, (except ·two address'd to Aransas) where he was then located and having re- ceived no answer- I have great cause to apprehend that some serious misfortune has befallen him- I am rack'd with suspence & anxiety & conjecture- Sometimes I think he accompanied Col Johnson & shared his dreadful fate- then the recent hostility of Comanches lead me to fear he may be a prisoner He surely would write if he could- Now Sir with hope & confidence I shall rely, if this reaches you upon your benevolent exertion in his behalf-he has many friends who will all feel grateful for any service rendered Him-I have flattered myself with the hope of becoming a Citizen of Texas soon but with nfr. Rich- ardson safety rests my chance for emigration But anxious as I have been to make yours the Land of my adoption, I would, most willingly exchange that & other hopes for the certainty that he was alive & at libertv- Once I had not heard from him for seven months, & wrote to Col B E. Bee & he in the kindest manner promptly replied, encourag- ing me to hope for the best although he could not tell where Mr. R.
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