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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1836

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To GOVERNOR HENRY SMITH 1

Private.

Washington 8 Jany 10 A. M. 1836 Dear Sir, I will set out in less than an hour for the Army. I will do all that I can. I am told that Frank Johnson 2 and Fan- nin8 have obtained from the Military Committee orders to Pro- ceed and reduce Matamoras. It may not be so. There was no Quorum, and the Council could not give power. I will proceed with great haste to the Army and there I can know all. I hope you will send me an Extract of Austin's letter about the New Confederacy\ and what he says about the " Capitulations" of Bexar. Please write to me of this. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Letter Book No. 9, p. 255, Texas State Library. 2 Francis White Johnson (October 3, 1799-April 8, 1884), surveyor, sol- dier, leader in the Texas revolution, Indian fighter, was born in Leesburg, Loudon County, Virginia, and died at Aguascalientes, Mexico. For biog- raphy, see Frank W. Johnson, A History of Texas cmd Texcms (edited and brought down to date by E. C. Barker, and E. W. Winkler), 5 vols., 1914, 1916, I, iv-vii. Also see Homer Thrall, A Picto1-ial Hi.story of Texas, 570-571. Yoakum, History of Texcts, I, 291, and II, 26-60, pa.ssim. 3 See Houston to Fannin, November 13, 1835. •Stephen F. Austin to F. W. Johnson et al., December 22, 1835, and Austin to the Provisional Government, December 22, 1835, Austin Papers (E. C. Barker, ed.), III, 289-294, answer Houston's inquiry. AN EXPENSE ACCOUNT 1 Provisional Government ( by the commander in Chief) To Martin & Clow & Co.

$ 8.50 9.00 2.50

To amt of bill of stationary ------------------------------------ To bill for Table -------------------------- -------------------- To amt Smiths bill for Express___________________________________________

20.00 To the Provisional Government for Texas pay Martin Clow & Co Twenty Dollars, the amt of the above account- Washington Jany 8, 1836- Sam Houston, Comdr in Chief of Army [ Endorsed in pencil] : 2 Govnt paper 1J11i.scellanco11s Pape1·s-Comptrollcr's Military Sc1"1Jice Reco1·ds, Texas State Library.