Box Number

10

Folder

7

Item Description

Letter, August 10, 1837, George M. Boyd, Boston, to Governor Richard K. Call, Tallahassee, 4 pp.: ''Many years [have passed since] you and I passed near the waters of Mobile bay. I have . . . always heard with pleasure of your prosperity and honorable advancement in life. I have several times been at the point of addressing you [but] the idea that I might be encroaching upon your more valuable time has deterred me . . .'' Requests Call's help in securing ''the free admission of foreigners to the full enjoyment. . . of the privileges of citizens'' and mentions seeing Sam Houston in New Orleans. On verso, Call writes, ''G. M. Boyd, a gallant soldier and true friend.'' [Extremely fragile. Two lower corners detached. Two upper corners missing: text lost.] [Separated from Box 1, File Folder 3; see Separation Sheet]

Box Description

OVERSIZED (continued)

Folder Description

Letter, August 10, 1837, George M. Boyd, Boston, to Governor Richard K. Call, Tallahassee, 4 pp.: ''Many years [have passed since] you and I passed near the waters of Mobile bay. I have . . . always heard with pleasure of your prosperity and honorable advancement in life. I have several times been at the point of addressing you [but] the idea that I might be encroaching upon your more valuable time has deterred me . . .'' Requests Call's help in securing ''the free admission of foreigners to the full enjoyment. . . of the privileges of citizens'' and mentions seeing Sam Houston in New Orleans. On verso, Call writes, ''G. M. Boyd, a gallant soldier and true friend.'' [Extremely fragile. Two lower corners detached. Two upper corners missing: text lost.] [Separated from Box 1, File Folder 3; see Separation Sheet]