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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
SA.l\Iu""EL ~f. lV1LLIAMs TO JAMES F. P.EnnY
Sn Felipe 9th Septemr 1834
Mr JAMES F PERRY DEAR Srn. On my arrival here I found a l\'lr Bradley here with a note of our friend Col Austin for something upwards of 700$ which hns been due some months, and which would have been paid ere this but from the necessity of providing fun~s for him in :.Mexico. After his arrest he wrote to me and requested me to dispose of his property to provide means for him, he has also sent you a letter of attorney for the same purpose. As yet I have not found it necessary to make any sale nor do I believe it will be necessary for I can con• tinue to raise means for nil his wants in Mexico, and he has authority to draw for another thousand dollars over and above what he has drawn for, and this note is the only one he has out- I find that at this place there is no money to be had at the moment. Mr White at Columbia is likewise destitute if you have as much as 500$ by you I wish you would advance, it, and should you require it in the winter I can return it to you, and if you should want in New Orleans I can manage to furnish it to you there, if you have it I should like to hear from you immediately-I can get along with the sum mentioned. • I am happy to state that there is a wonderful reaction in favor of the Col. and altho some what tardily I am proud in the Conviction thut his Colonists are disposed to do him justice. Present me kindly to your family. .
SAMUEL M. VVILLIAMS [Rubric]
MA Brynn
P. ,v. GRAYSON 'l'O JA.l\fES F. PERRY
Monclova Sepr 16 34
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\Ve reached here the day before yesterday. I have found matters still in great disorders-the old Governor abdicated and a new one elected, by a few persons here-Saltilla still holding out with her Governor besides as we understand-; a scene of things that no human beincr can unravel- o ,v e have no intelligence that can be relied on in regard to Col 0 Austin,-There is a kind of rumor now, that he has escaped from prison, but I place no confidence in it- . We have delayed here, to get a memorial from the present Gov• ernor, soliciting his clischnrge-lVe had an audience of his excellency to day, (A very polite, amiable looking old man) and had every
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