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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1835

detailed biography of Smith was written by John Henry Brown, Lije and Ti111-es of He1wy Smith; see, also, the Texas liisto1-ical Association Quar- terly, V, 269-346.

To D. C. BARRETT 1 Head Quarters St. Felipe 9 Decbr 1835.

Dear Sir, I beg leave to suggest in consequence of your kind offers- that some difference should be made between the Regu- lar troops & the volunteers which may join the army-viz, that the Regular soldiers should receive 24 dollars bounty one half to be paid at the time of their muster at Head Quarters, the other half 6 months after muster and also an addition of 100 acres to their present bounty making in all 740 acres of prime "!and.- Feeling the most perfect confidence in the clearness and per- spicuity of your views on this subject- renders a further ex- planation on my part unnecessary- Sam Houston Col. D. C. Barrett 2 Council Room St Felipe [ Addressed] : Col. D. C. Barrett Council Room Present [ Endorsed] : Sam! Houston Letter San Felipe Dec. 9, 1835. 1 Barrett Letters (originals), The University of Texas Library. 2 Don Carlos Barrett (June 22, 1788-May 19, 1838) was a lawyer and a Texas politician. He represented Bastrop in the Consultation of 1835, and was a member of the General Council. In July of 1835 he served as one of t:he commi~sioners of the "Peace Party" to go to Matamoras and assure General Cos of the loyalty of the Texans and of their condemnation of William Barrett Travis and his band of volunteers in the affairs of Anahuac in June of that year; but at the same time to protest against Cos's order for the arrest of these same young radicals and for their trial by a military court in Mexico. As a member of the General Council, Barrett was a warm personal friend of Stephen F. Austin. See the South,.. western Historical Quarterly, XX, 139-145. T'o D. C. BARRETT 1 11th Dec 1835 Dear Sir I feel much delicacy in troubling the Genl. Council about any matters, which, I can possibly avoid, owing to my knowledge of their great press of business. But as I have seen the want of organization & discipline in the army this far, I feel it an imperative duty on me to request thro' you of the General Council that a General Judge advocate of the army be appointed, as a part of the General Staff, with the rank pay, and emoluments of a Colonel in the line.