LAMAR, MIRABEAU B., President of Texas. Autograph letter signed ("Mirabeau B. Lamar Secy. War") AS TEXAS SECRETARY OF WAR, to "Col. [W.D.C.] Hall Commandant, Port Velasco," War Department [Texas], 21 May 1836. 1 page, 4to, 234 x 203mm. (9 3/16 x 8 in.), partial fold separations without loss, small stain, lightly browned. A formal order prohibiting contacts with Mexican prisoners, written in the wake of the Alamo (6 March) and Sam Houston's decisive victory at San Jacinto, exactly a month before, when Santa Anna himself was captured. "You are directed to cut off all communication between the Officers & Soldiers under your command, and the Mexican prisoners in the Custody of the Govt. not permitting any of the former to visit or converse with the latter without your express order."

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LAMAR, MIRABEAU B., President of Texas. Autograph letter signed ("Mirabeau B. Lamar Secy. War") AS TEXAS SECRETARY OF WAR, to "Col. [W.D.C.] Hall Commandant, Port Velasco," War Department [Texas], 21 May 1836. 1 page, 4to, 234 x 203mm. (9 3/16 x 8 in.), partial fold separations without loss, small stain, lightly browned. A formal order prohibiting contacts with Mexican prisoners, written in the wake of the Alamo (6 March) and Sam Houston's decisive victory at San Jacinto, exactly a month before, when Santa Anna himself was captured. "You are directed to cut off all communication between the Officers & Soldiers under your command, and the Mexican prisoners in the Custody of the Govt. not permitting any of the former to visit or converse with the latter without your express order."

Lamar (1798-1859) had commanded the Texas cavalry at the battle of San Jacinto and afterwards rose rapidly in the Texas government, serving as attorney general and Secretary of War in Burnet's cabinet, Major-General of the Texas Army, Vice-President under Houston and, finally, in 1838, President of Texas.