The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 247
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British Correspondence Concerning Texas
I beg to enclose to Your Lordship some remarks on the North-
Western Boundary question, published in the Times Newspaper of
the 9th Inst. which I wrote for the purpose of awakening attention
to the subject of American encroachment in that quarter, being
thoroughly convinced that, unless English influence be employed in
raising up a stable independent power on the South-Western and
North Western frontiers of the Union, a very few years will suffice
to place the whole of the territory they covet under the Sovereignty
of the United States. There lies the danger to the Maritime and
Commercial supremacy of Great Britain.
I Have the Honor to be, My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most obedient Humble Servant
William Kennedy.
The Earl of Aberdeen.
Etc. etc. etc.
KENNEDY TO ABERDEEN-
Private.
Gregory's Hotel. Arundel St.
Haymarket. Novr. 6th. 1841
My Lord,
When I was last in London, I submitted to Your Lordship's con-
sideration a copy of an Act of incorporation which, in 1840, nearly
passed the Congress of Texas-and which aimed at securing to a
French Company commercial and territorial advantages pregnant
with mischief to British interests both in Mexico and Texas. I
remarked, with reference, to this Act, that its reintroduction into
the Texain Legislature, during the present year, was contemplated,
and that I had strong grounds for believing that its principal ad-
vocate, General Houston, would, in the meantime be chosen Presi-
dent of the Republic.
It now appears, My Lord, by Texan Newspapers recently re-
ceived, that General Houston has been elected President, and by
such large Majorities as warrant the inference that his popularity
has not been materially affected by his advocacy of the Franco-
Texan Company's mischievous bill.
It will be in Your Lordship's recollection that I volunteered my
services, in the capacity of an unaccredited Agent, to proceed to1.F. 0., Texas, vol. 2.
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