Publication: James Pinckney Henderson (Houston) to Memucan Hunt
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1837-05-25
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James Pinckney Henderson encloses a letter from Sam Houston to Andrew Jackson in his correspondence with Memucan Hunt. He advises Hunt to highlight issues involving the import of slaves from Cuba through the United States to Texas, continued conflict with the Caddo Indians, and complaints about trader Holland Coffee's relationship with the Caddo. Reports that Houston asked him to represent Texas in England. Dr. Ashbel Smith and General George S. McIntosh are in Houston with him.