d cheerful. In the mean time the milit-
ary was withdrawn and the boat permitt-
ed to proceede [sic]. Thus ended the affair[.]
I have no comments to offer but have
the honor to be verry [sic] respectively [sic]
Your Obt Servent [sic].
Honbl Lewis Cass.
Secretary of State
of the United States.
Mirabeau Lamar to Lewis Cass, February 26, 1858. Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers #2594, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.