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Title	Charles S. Taylor Letter, December 4, 1849
Subject	Indians of North America Resolutions Political issues Correspondence
Description	Aldophus Sterne, Austin, to Charles S. Taylor. re: Joint resolution demanding U.S. President remove Indians from territory. December 4, 1849
Date	December 4, 1849
Collection	Charles Stanfield Taylor Papers
Collection Identifer	A31, Box2, Folder5
Collection Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/findingaids/?p=collections/controlcard&id=288
Biographical Note	Charles Stanfield Taylor was born in London, England, in 1808. He came to Texas in 1828, settling at Nacogdoches where he opened a mercantile business. The business was soon abandoned in favor of other pursuits. Charles S. Taylor served as a member of the Nacogdoches ayuntamiento in 1832 and fought in the Battle of Nacogdoches. In 1834 he was elected Alcalde of San Augustine, and was appointed San Augustine Land Commissioner in 1835. Taylor represented the District of Nacogdoches at the First Convention at San Felipe de Austin in Oct. 1832 and was elected as a delegate from Nacogdoches to the Constitutional Convention, where he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836. He was appointed as Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County in 1837 by Sam Houston. Mr. Taylor served two terms as County Treasurer, 1850-54. After having been licensed to practice law in the Republic of Texas in 1839, Taylor remained very active in the profession for the remainder of his life, and was elected Chief Justice of Nacogdoches County in 1860, until his death on Nov. 1, 1865.
Scope and Content Note	Most of the documents in the Charles S. Taylor Papers are in English although there are quite a few in Spanish and some in French. A large number of documents are from the period of the Texas Republic.
Associated Dates	1840-1849
Type	Correspondence
Repository	East Texas Research Center
Repository Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/
Digitization funded by	Texas State Genealogical Society
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.

Title	Charles S. Taylor Letter, December 4, 1849 - page 1
Transcript	City of Austin December 4th 1849 Dear Charley I received yours of 26th ult for Johnson last night, and am happy to find that all's well. A joint Resolution demanding of the President of the U.S. the removal of the U.S. Indians out of our Territory, has been vetoed by the governor - for reasons by me at this time not known - Our Big guns (Sante Fe Bill, apportionment Bill and one or two more) are laid by for the present these will be sharp shooting when they do come up, we have had diverse and various examples allready (sic) - the reorganisation (sic) of the Judiceal (sic) Districts is talked about - it has its strong friends, as well as opponents - have our Bar nothing to say about it? The gov. has pardoned the french Boy you speak of in your letter. the joint resolution removing Spanish paper from Nacogdoches etc. was paper in the House this morning, I'll try and hurry it trough (sic) so that you will get the order time enough to bring them with you when you come on in January - but I am sorry to say that they finance committee Struck out $100 and inserted 50 in which shape it was paper - -ming (sic) - Judge Roberts will be tendered the attorney generalship under Bell positive
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.

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