Anson Jones to J. Pinckney Henderson and Isaac Van Zandt, February 25, 1844

Dept of State
Washington Feb 25^th 1844  

Gentlemen,  

            The President having duly
empowered you under sircumstances [sic]
conditions which have already been specified
to open negotiations for a Treaty of
Annexation with the United States of
America you will proceed in
conjunction in effecting a Treaty for the Same,
taking as the basis of your action
the instructions given by the Secretary
of State, the Hon. S.F. Austin, to our
Minister at Washington in 1836 & those
furnished to you respectively
by myself on the 27^th of January
Ult^o & 15^th of Feb. Inst.  

            These instructions are
deemed sufficiently ample
for your direction
& upon mature reflection more minute
ones are deemed unnecessary[.] The
President relies upon your intimate
knowledge of the interests of this coun-
try & the wishes of its government
to meet any point which may
arise in the discussion of the Subject
with the authorities of the United
States & not
embraced in the instructions already
given as above refered [sic] to.
There are two points
however not embraced in those