James Hamilton to the Secretary of the Navy, November 3, 1838 - Page 3
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to you for by selecting her distance, which she can from
her great speed, she must capture until the Mexicans
themselves get a steam frigate, every thing she overhauls,
she will be a Navy herself to you. As Mr. Wolford has
acted with the uttmost liberality and confidence, I
trust your Govt will have passed in secret session, forth-
with a resolution confirming Messrs Burnley & Williams’
contract with me as the agent of this gentleman, the
resolution however must be in secret session as she would
be seized for a breach of neutrality in New York, if the
purchase was know[n] to to [sic] made before she actually
reached Galveston.
The truth is, the boat will be worth in
specie, the day she reaches Galveston, every dollar your
Commissioners have stipulated to pay in bonds; Mr
Wolford advanced this money at a time when in
Wall Street your bonds would not have sold for
thirty cents on the dollar; he deserves your kindest con-
sideration.
I hope the whole arrangement will
be satisfactory to your Govt, as at a moment of great
domestic affliction, it cost me many strenuous and
from my distress, painful efforts. As Mr. Wolford accom-
panies me from N. Orleans to Texas in the Charleston,
I would suggest as he may establish a commercial
agency in your country, whether the resolution
confirming
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James Hamilton to the Secretary of the Navy, November 3, 1838. Texas Navy Papers, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 401-1310.