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[Letter from Four U.S. Congressmen to President Polk, July 1846] (open access)

[Letter from Four U.S. Congressmen to President Polk, July 1846]

Letter from Four U.S. Congressmen, Sam Houston, Thomas J. Rusk, Timothy Pilsbury, and David S. Kaufman, to President Polk discussing a recommendation for John F. Stephens to "an appointment as the Purser in the Navy of the [United] States."
Date: July 28, 1846
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, October, 28, 1846] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, October, 28, 1846]

Copy of transcript for a letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, in which Gillespie reports to Perry on the outcome of several civil cases involving land titles.
Date: October 28, 1846
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Thomas Falconer - June 28, 1846] (open access)

[Letter to Thomas Falconer - June 28, 1846]

Letter from unknown author from Washington [D.C.] to Falconer thanking him for a letter and an article from the Washington Review. The author hopes that the "vexatious" war with Mexico will be cut short and references the border dispute between Oregon and Canada that was settled by the 1846 Oregon Treaty. The letter is incomplete.
Date: June 28, 1846
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History