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The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston. Vol. 1, 1839-1845
author
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Houston, Sam.; Roberts, Madge Thornall
publisher
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University of North Texas Press
isbn10 | asin
:
1574410008
print isbn13
:
9781574410006
ebook isbn13
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9780585253121
language
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English
subject
Houston, Sam,--1793-1863--Correspondence, Governors--Texas--Correspondence, Legislators--United States--Correspondence, Texas--Politics and government--To 1846, Texas--Politics and government--1846-1865.
publication date
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1996
lcc
:
F390.H833 1995eb
ddc
:
976.4/04/092
subject
:
Houston, Sam,--1793-1863--Correspondence, Governors--Texas--Correspondence, Legislators--United States--Correspondence, Texas--Politics and government--To 1846, Texas--Politics and government--1846-1865.
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The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston Volume I: 1839-1845
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The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston Volume I: 1839-1845
edited by Madge Thornall Roberts
Page iv
Disclaimer: This book is part of a volume set. netLibrary may or may not have all the companion volumes in eBook format.
Madge Thornall Roberts 1996
Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved
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Permissions University of North Texas Press PO Box 13856 Denton TX 76203
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48.1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863. The personal correspondence of Sam Houston / edited by Madge Thornall Roberts. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 1. 1839-1845 ISBN 1-57441-000-8 (alk. paper) 1. Houston, Sam. 1793-1863Correspondence. 2. Governors TexasCorrespondence. 3. LegislatorsUnited StatesCorrespon dence. 4. TexasPolitics and governmentTo 1846. 5. TexasPolitics and government1846-1865. I. Roberts, Madge Thornall, 1929- . II. Title.
F390.H833 1994 95-36738 976.4'04'092dc20 CIP
Cover art by Dana Adams Cover design by Amy Layton
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To my cousin Charlotte Williams Darby, who together with her father, Franklin Weston Williams, was responsible for preserving the vast collection of Houston correspondence, this work is lovingly dedicated.
Page vii
Table Of Contents
Preface
vii
Chapter I: July 17, [1839]October 4, 1840
1
Chapter II: November 10, [1840]February 3, 1841
35
Chapter III: [March 22], 1841November 10, 1841
97
Chapter IV: November 30, 1841February 7, 1842
109
Chapter V: May 5, 1842July 5, 1842
213
Chapter VI: July 30, 1843September 20, 1844
277
Chapter VII: January 24, 1845November 10, 1845
321
Bibliography
361
Appendix
371
Index
377
Page ix
Preface
In the mid-nineteen thirties Dr. Eugene C. Barker and Dr. Amelia Williams began the monumental undertaking of publishing a complete compilation of the available writings of Sam Houston. It would result in an eight-volume collection of mainly political letters which authors, archivists, and historians will continue to use for years to come. Sue Flanagan, author of Sam Houston's Texas, described the collection to me as the "backbone" of her book, and indeed it was the starting point for research on my first book, Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam and Margaret Houston. It proved invaluable as a calendar of Houston's activities.
But Houston was a prolific writer, and The Writings of Sam Houston was by no means a complete collection. In the preface to the first volume Dr. Barker stated that it was necessary to emphasize the word "available," for Houston's letters were widely scattered and by no means completely available. He pointed out that many were in the possession of descendants of the Houstons who chose to withhold them from publication or examination. While family members usually cooperated with historians and writers in releasing public documents, the personal correspondence was an entirely different matter, and family privacy was fiercely protected.
Interest in Houston did not wane, however. After reading my grandmother's collection of personal letters, noted historian Dr. Llerena Friend wrote in the April, 1971, issue of Southwestern Historical Quarterly that there was a "need for a new editing of Houston correspondence to include all known and available Houston writings," including the personal letters.
When I began research for Star of Destiny, I collected just such a file of Houston correspondence, which soon consisted of photocopies of nearly a thousand previously unpublished letters.1 As I picked out passages from the letters to use for that book, I could not help but notice the wealth of historical information I was leaving out. When I went back later to carefully reread each letter, and to read some of the correspondence written
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