Wharton to Rusk, Jan. 24, 1837. Garrison, Dip. Cor. Texas, I, 193-194; also Marshall, as cited. The extension of the Texas boundaries to the Pacific along the 30th parallel had been considered by the Texan government and rejected, chiefly because the territory was too large and thinly populated for government by a “young Republic.” This decision had been reported to Jackson before he urged upon Wharton the necessity of including California as a means of reconciling the north. Report of Jackson's special agent, Henry Morfit, to the President. H. Ex. Docs., 24 Cong., 2 sess., No. 35, pages 11-12.
