The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 296
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Texas Historical Association Quarterly
ABERDEEN TO ELLIOT1
Dft. F. 0. May 31st. 1842
Captain Elliot. R. N.
Texas. No. 3.
Sir,
In addition to Her Majesty's Commission and to the Consular
Instructions with which you are furnished in my Dispatch No. 1,
I enclose to you a Letter which I have addressed to the Secretary
of the Republic of Texas,2 requesting that every facility may be
afforded to you by that Government in entering upon and fulfill-
ing the Duties of your Situation.
You will deliver this Letter upon your arrival at the Seat of
Government in Texas.
You will make it your duty to collect and transmit to me Infor-
mation upon all matters of political Interest and importance in the
Republic of Texas
Aberdeen.
P. S.
I enclose to you a Copy of my letter to the Secretary of State
of the Republic of Texas.
ABERDEEN TO ELLIOT3
Dft. F. 0. May 31st. 1842.
Capt. Elliot. R. N.
Texas. No. 4.
Sir.
I have informed H. M's Ministers at Washington and at Mexico
of your appointment as H. M's Consul General in Texas, and I
have instructed Mr. Fox and Mr. Pakenham to communicate with
you upon all matters which may tend to promote the Interests of
H. M's Subjects in those Countries. And I have also to instruct
you to keep up a constant and unreserved Communication with
Mr. Fox and Mr. Pakenham.
Aberdeen.
1F. O., Texas, Vol. 3.
2See Garrison, Diplomatic Correspondence of the Republic of Texas, III,
969, in Am. Hist. Assoc. Report, 1908, II.
8F. O., Texas, Vol. 3.296
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