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present. If I am fortunate, I will make some sales, or collec- tions, at Nashville, which will enable me to do so, with con- venience, to myself, and justice to you. If the project should fall thro' of sending me on to Texas, I will have to make some ar- rangement for going on my own account, but you may rest upon my honor, that no bad feelings will exist towards the Com- panies, nor will I take any advantage of my friends: by using information derived from them, to prejudice their interests. I am quite sick from the effects of my ague; and feel as though it is possible that I may not be able to sit in the stage today,- If not I will try, and be off, on tomorrow! Dont fail to write on the receipt of this letter so that yours will meet me at Nashville. As yet I have heard nothing of Genl Mason; and to be candid, I am sceptical as to anything which may be supposed to depend upon his arrival. But this, you know is no new distrust, but has rested upon my brain for some time. Be pleased, in my name to Salute my friends; and may God bless all the Jacksons, - Make and keep them happy! Sam Houston Danl Jackson esqr My sickness increases, and I must lay down, and defer start- ing until tomorrow. Houston · [ Addressed] : to Daniel Jackson Esqr Merchant New York N. Y. Mail [ Endorsed] : Saml Houston to Danl Jackson 12 July 1832 1 James Prentiss Letters, The University of Texas Library. 2 Daniel Jackson was a merchant-banker of New York and a shareholder in the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company. See James Prentiss Letters, The University of Texas Library. 3 Colonel, or more often called General Robert Armstrong, was ·born at Abingdon, Virginia, September 28, 1792. As a very young child he was carried to Tennessee and grew up in that State, becoming a staunch friend and supporter of Andrew Jackson. In 1829, Jackson appointed him post- master at Nashville and he held this office until 1836. He fought in tho War of 1812, and at the battle of New Orleans he was on Jackson's staff. He died at Nashville, February 23, 1854. See Dictiona,·y of A-mc,·iccm Biournvhy, I, 359. Merrit Dixon and Will T. Hale, History of T e1rncssec and Tennesseeans, II, 432, 489, III, 839. John Trotwood Moore, Tcnnc·ssec, the Voluntee1· State, I, 415-416.