Samuel Williams to Bartlett Sims, July 1, 1832

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Samuel Williams to Bartlett Sims, July 1832

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

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Samuel Williams to Bartlett Sims, July 1, 1832. Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers #147, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

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