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[Letter from Sam Houston to Charles Sims, August 12, 1838]

Description: Letter with orders from Sam Houston to Charles Sims instructing him to proceed to various Indian tribes to assure them that they will have peace. The text reads: Nacogdoches, Texas 12th Aug, 1838 to Charles Sims, Sir, You will proceed to the various Tribes of Indians, and assure them them [sic], that no harm is in=tended towards them, but that the Treaty shall be [...] with them, and that they shall have their homes and their lands, and Peace will be kept with them; Tell them my words shall… more
Date: August 12, 1838
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Letter from José Antonio Flores to the Laredo Justice of the Peace, August 22, 1838]

Description: Letter from José Antonio Flores to the Laredo justice of the peace containing a notification from the Durango governor. The governor informs of the homicide of an Italian named Juan Angel Deela Bianca, whose gold and valuables were also stolen. He asks for assistance in capturing the murderers.
Date: 1838-08~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
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