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duction from Kimbal to Childress, they met again. On this oc-
casion Childress was calling to order the convention at Washington
on the Brazos. His part in the proceedings of the Convention has
already been reviewed.
The Convention had only been adjourned two days when Presi-
dent Burnet commissioned Childress and Robert Hamilton to open
negotiations with the United States Cabinet at Washington, D. C.,
concerning recognition of "the Sovereignty and Independence of
Texas."" Dr. Geo. P. Garrison has suggested that the com-
mission's form is such as to suggest that it was a commission for
both; but a careful reading indicates that it was largely for Chil-
dress and that besides his other duties, he was to co-operate with
Hamilton, who seems to have been expected to serve as financial
agent of Texas.""66
While en route to Washington, Childress wrote from Natchitoches
his first letter, on March 28, to the Texas authorities in which he
attempted to inaugurate a system of correspondence with the home
government that, had the Burnet Government co-operated, would
have prevented the inexcusable neglect of foreign affairs by the new
Republic, and might have at least bettered the credit of the young
nation in the United States.l7
A reply from Sam P. Carson, Secretary of State, April 1, 1836,
stated that as full instructions as possible had been given to the
=Commissioners before their departure, and that any additional in-
structions would be tendered in person, by himself, in a short time.
However, the letter instructed the Commissioners to: ". . . If
desired hold the fullest and freest conversation with the President
and Cabinet officers. . . . Should there be any reluctance on
the part of the Sec. of State to hear (which I cannot anticipate) a
dignified elevation due to this Republic must mark your course.""6
The same letter stated that Childress could "approach the Presi-
dent in the event alluded to through the medium of old ac-
quaintance and personal Friendship and effect the object. . . "
'4"Geo. P. Garrison (ed.), Diplomatic Correspondence of The Republic
of Texas, I, 73-74, Annual Report of American Historical Association,
1907, II.
200lbid.
1I7bid., 74.
"8Records of the Department of State (Texas), Book 34, 20.134
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