Samuel Williams to Bartlett Sims, July 1, 1832
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July 1st 1832
Dear Sir.
This once happy and [pros-]
perous country is now a perfect ch[arnel]
house of anarchy and confusion and it
appears as if every bad passion was uniting
for the complete destruction of the country[.]
But one possible course is now left
to save us all. We must be firm and
faithful to this government that has
done so much for us and every man
must now take that side and stick to
his oath.
You must not spare horse
flesh, nor labor nor pains nor fatigue[.]
[R]ouse up the Curtises, the Burlesons,
the Bartons, and all the other adopted
sons of the government[.] I call upon
you in the name of our father and
protector, Stephen F. Austin, fidelity
to Mexico, acts and deeds, are now
Samuel Williams to Bartlett Sims, July 1, 1832. Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers #147, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.