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whenever I can.
I have been at the marriage of one member of Congress9 a few
nights since-I am invited to one in the country tomorrow evening.
I have a carriage at my command; but if I should go, I'll take the
crutches along.
Now I don't know what to say about that little enchantress,
Maggy Stone. Tell her that on your behalf, I will love her just as
much as you do. Being your other half, if not your better half, I ought
to love no less than half. Tell her I am very sorry to hear that she was
indisposed and did not accompany you to Harrisburg. If you should
be unwell, (but Heaven avert it) don't let her give you any medicine.
Tell her I say so. You've heard of spiders being put in dumplings!!
Every day I am reproached for not having brought you with
me. My apology is, I am going for you the moment Congress may
adjourn. It is well enough for my reputation that I didn't bring you
along; for I have no doubt you would have had the credit of all the
crack compositions that I have produced. 'Tis generally believed here,
that you are entitled to all the credit of my reformation; and that's a
most famous work, for it was more than all the world beside could
do. And for the sake of my dear Maggy, I will not act the scamp lest
it might tarnish her deserved renown.
Now I think, my Dear, this will pass for a poser. My beloved in
closing, I take great pleasure in presenting my friends old Millers
best respects to you and if you see Vernal present W Miller & myself
to him. Salute Col Andrews with my best regards.
Thy ever devoted
Husband
Houston
Margaret
1Washington D. Miller was Houston's private secretary. See Houston to Miller, October
12, 1841, and Houston to Miller, December 13, 1841, Writings, II, 388-89, 398.
2Houston's ankle had been shattered in the Battle of San Jacinto, and he had trouble
with it throughout his life.
3See Margaret to Houston, December 11, 1841.
4These letters have not been located.
5The Reverend James Huckins, a Baptist minister in Houston. Harlan J. Matthews,
Centennial Story of Texas Baptists, (Dallas: Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1936),
83.
6Houston's horse.
7First Message to Congress, Second Administration. Writings, II, 399-408.
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