The Personal Correspondence of Sam Houston, Volume 1: 1839-1845 Page: 317
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we parted, and now I hoped if I was correct that you will think no
more about the nonsense.
Give Sam a thousand kisses for me I pray you, and hug him as
hard as he does you.
Thy ever devoted Husband
Sam Houston
I am better than I have been since I was attacked in the red lands. I
began on yesterday to use Dr Randalls5 tonic pills and that rice water
is a great thing I think.
Houston
TLankevich, 53, and Crockett, 199-200. See also Houston's "Open Letter to my Countrymen,"
August 15, 1844. Writings, IV, 361-62.
2Houston is referring to the fact that Vernal Lea was enamoured with the General's
daughter, Katherine Davis Goodall. They would later marry. Hearne Collection,
San Antonio.
3Houston may have been referring to Judge George Miles of Liberty. Identified in
the Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Officials of the Republic of Texas 1835-1846.
See also Houston to Vernal Lea, October 14, 1845, in Chapter VII of this volume.
Virginia Thorn was the nine-year-old ward of Vernal Lea.
5Dr. Leonard Randall of San Augustine. Identified in Carpenter, IV, 1712.
General Sam Houston
Washington Texas
By Col. Palmer1 to Montgomery
Grand Cane September 20, 1844
Dearest Husband,
With the faint hope of having a letter conveyed to you I have
commenced one, but I must confess it is more for the pleasure of
writing to you than because I have any thing new or interesting to
tell you. I have rec'd two precious letters from you and for which I
thank you, but dearest my heart is agonized at your ill health and
continued lameness.2 I do not feel as if I could endure your absence.
My heart is heavy with grief. My Love you bid me to be cheerful
and happy. Alas the very words to my ear are like gay music in a
sorrowing house! If I can be resigned when you are gone it is the
317 : JULY 30, 1843-SEPTEMBER 20, 1844
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