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230 Texas Historical Association Quarterly
TOOK TO PALMERSTON1
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April 30th, 1841.
My Lord,
In the Month of March last year I had the honor of submitting
for your Lordship's perusal a short sketch of the Republic of Texas.
Since that period, a combination of circumstances, Political, Com-
mercial and Moral have taken place there, which in my humble
opinion, justly claims the early attention of Her Majesty's Govern-
ment.
In soliciting the honor of Your Lordship's consideration of the
following Statements, I beg leave most respectfully, to inform you,
that I have used much exertion to obtain my information from
sources on which I can rely for Correctness, and that in adopting
this Method of addressing Your Lordship, I have two grand objects
in view, viz :-The extention of British Commerce and the Aboli-
tion of Slavery.
The political Change which has taken place in Texas since March
last cannot be unknown to Your Lordship. Since that period the
Govmt of France has officially acknowledged the independence of
Texas, and her Ambassador, Genl Henderson, has been received at
Court by His Majesty, the King of the French, and M. Soligny,2
Minister of France to the Republic of Texas has been received by
the President at Austin with marked respect." Since March last
IF. 0., Texas, vol. 2. Hook has not been positively identified. A James
Hook was appointed in July, 1842, as "Commissioner of Arbitration in the
mixed British and Foreign Courts for the Suppression of the Slave Trade,"
at Sierra Leone, and arrived at that place, from England, on December 3,
1842. Whether or not he was the writer of this letter is uncertain.
(British Sessional Papers, 1843-Commons--vol. LVIII. Correspondence
on the Slave Trade, Class A, p. 1.)
'Saligny.
'Three treaties had been concluded also by Hamilton, for Texas, and
Palmerston, for Great Britain; (a) a treaty of amity and commerce, in-
volving recognition of Texas (November 13, 1840) ; (b) a treaty providing
British mediation between Texas and Mexico (November 14, 1840); (c)
a treaty giving mutual right of search of vessels engaged in the African
slave-trade (November 16, 1840). The first and second of these treaties
were transmitted to Texas on December 3, 1840, but the third was not
sent until January 4, 1841, Hamilton writing that the delay was due to
his anxiety that the slave-trade treaty should be carried to Texas by a
confidential friend, A. T. Burnley, who could explain the necessity Ham-
ilton was under of signing a treaty be had had no authority to negotiate.
British agents suspected Hamilton of delaying the treaty in the hope that
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