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FROM: 244 George Alexander Pattillo
LOCATION: Jefferson County, TX
TO: Mirabeau Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas
DATE: February 26, 1840
SOURCE: Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte. The Papers of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar. 6 vols. New York: AMS Press, 1973. (Reprint of 1921-1927 ed), Texas State Archives
NOTES:
- Pattillo's Station post office actually was in Beaumont, before it became a city. George Pattillo was postmaster at this time.
- Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was the second president of the Republic of Texas.
- After his term as president, Mr. Lamar became an ambassador to Nicaragua. He took all of his papers with him, and on one occasion the trunk with the papers fell out of a wagon into a mud hole, and much was ruined. This particular letter survived.
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From
G.A. Pattillo PM
G.A. Pattillo PM
To His Excelency [sic] M.B. Lamar,
City of Austin
City of Austin
Pattillos PO Jefferson February 26, 1840
His Excelency [sic] M.B. Lamar
Dear Sir Enclosed you will find the Petition of Jessee Ashworth Praying Permition [sic] to remain quietly in This Republic until the next meeting of Congress. Mr. Ashworth is a man under a good character and in good standing in the country where he has migrated from. I have myself been aquainted [sic] with him for the Last fifteen years, and know him to Be a quiet and unasuming [sic] good citizen. You will confer a favor by paying some attention To the petition. Mr. Ashworth is not only a good Citizen but a man of some property and will be of some benefit to the government.
I have the Honor to
Be your most obet. Servt.
Be your most obet. Servt.
*To His Excelency [sic] M.B. Lamar
G.A. Pattillo
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