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. P. ~- I si~cere~y hope and earnestly entreat you to advocate the 1mmeclrnte rabficat10n of the ~Iediation Convention with England. r Addressed :] To His Excelly President Lamar Austin Texas. f.Endorsed :] J. Hamilton London December 3cl 1840 Recommend- ing l\fr Falconer
No. 1956. SHELBY W. LAMAR TO LAMAR
Charleston Coles C_y Illinois December 14th 1840
His Excellency lhn.ABF.AU B LA~un Srn
After a long silence I again take the liberty of an old fellow soldier., in addressing one whose own merits and a people's Gratitude and just estimation have raised to the most enviable station on the earth,-the only legitimate Sovereignty, the Presidency of a free republic. I have suffered much, both in mind and body, since I last had the pleasure of receiving your counsel,-and with the additional respo~si- bility of an amiable wife and two helpless children, I have endeavoured to struggle with a narrow minded community, which has but little sympathy with a Soldiers sorrows or a soldier's heart. For the support of those dear domestic ties, there was no kind of honorable labor, which I was not willing to perform-no honest employment, to which I was not able to bend my habits and inclinations. · An aged mother, deprived by the hand of God of his choicest blessing., Reason, has also leaned upon me for protection & support. This additional burden has been productive of much domestic afflic- tion-but it was my mother! ancl God do so unto me, and more also., should I ever neglect the mother, that bore me, or the hand that pro- tected my helpless infancy. Sickness also has taken the strength from my arm and rendered n1e unequal to that labor, which enables the peasant to joy in his well-earned bread. Under these circumstances I am compellea to trespass upon one, whom I have known, only to revere and love. )f y heart, my hopes turn to you, General, and the fertile plains of Texas, where I fondly trust to recover my health and renew my usefulness. . · One, who lent his feeble aid to Texas in the hour of doubt and dark- ness, would ask the privelege of earning his Subsistence in her service in the day of her prosperity. I would immediately start with my family, but the adequate means are wanting; and I earnestly solicit from you, General, an advance of funds sufficient for the present emergency, to bear me to a land where I may reap the fruits of my daily toil, and rest at eve under the pro- tecting shadow of that glorious tree, which I assisted to plant on the plains of San Jacintho. · Should your heart and hand General, respond to this appeal, may I ask of you the favor of an early communication. thro' the mail, di- rected to this place, where a soldier's gratitude will follow your gen- erous assistance. I ~m, very respectfully Your Excelle1wy·~ Obligctl 8ervt SHELBY \V. L,rnAR
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