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Ramon Musquiz to Austin, l\lny 28, 1829. Ens forwarded to the Te:xan deputies in the lei,,-islnture, together with strong recommendations of his own, Austin's letter concerning suspension of ·1egnl and constitutional exclusion of sluYes. Expects assistance from the militia ngninst Indians. Austin to Commodore· Dnvid Porter, June 8, 1829. ,velcomes Porter's application for n grant of land, which he forwards to the governor. Suggests study of State colonization law. Texas needs admission of slavery nnd ex- tension of tariff exemption for six years after 1830, when present exemption expires. . Samuel M. Williams to Austin, June 9, 1820. Shipping in Gah·eston Bay. Doctor Woodbury wants Austin's opinion about security of slaves in Texas. He snys that Poinsett is interested in Zavala's contrnct to settle families in east Texas. Austin to Secretary of War nncl Marine, June 10, 1829. Acknowledging thanks of the Secretary for ser,ices of the colonists in defending tlle coast from the Spaniards. (Omitted.) Ramon Musquiz to Austin, June 11, 1829. Informing him ·that he bas called on the aynntarniento of San Felipe for 150 mounted men to serve In a campaign against Tahuacano and Waco Indians. Ramon Musquiz to Governor of Coabuiln and Texas, June 22, 1829. Fears invasion of Texas from the United States. Marlin Allen to Austin, July 5, 1829. Report on militia muster for cam- paign against Waco Indians. Discussion of Indian population of Texas. Austin to John Lucius Woodbury, July 6, 1829. Welcoming him as a fellow empresarlo and describing the natural advantages of Texas. :Manufacturing would be profitable-particularly cotton textiles. Gaspar Flores· to Austin, July 9, 1829. Misunderstanding _concerning a pay- ment of $40. (Omitted.) David G. Burnet to Austin, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 18, 1829. Political dls- turbanc-es in Mexico interrupted his promotion of a company for colonizing Texas. James F. Perry to Austin, Potosi, Mo., July 19, 1829. Concerning a luud claim in Virginia. Economic depression in Missouri. Ramon Mus<1uiz to Governor of Coahuila und Texas, July 19, 1829. Danger of Spnnisb invasion. United States iucreasin~ garrisons on frontier. Francisco Ruiz to .Austin, Bexar, July 23, 1829. Postponement of campaign against Wacos. Political discussion. Lack of money for soldiers. Anxiety about immigration of Indians from the United States. Austin to Navarro, .July 23, 1829. Sending him a copy of his mnp. De- pressed by the slow de,elopment of Texas. Tllinks there is llangcr of its reversion to barbarism, since the Indians being removed by the Uuited States fro~ east of tbe Mississippi Ri,er may overrun it. 'l'binks the article of the State constitution prohibiting slavery ought to be srispencled for 10 yenrs to promote the settlement of the Province. Perhaps the simplest wa:r of doing this would be to repeal Decree No. 18 which puts that article of the constitution into effect. Austin to Ramon Musquiz and Lorenzo de Zavala, July 23, 1829. Trans- mitting copies of bis map for the Ayuntamiento of Bexar nnd for the !>resident of Mexico. His purposes in making the map. Austin's notes on bis map or Texas, July 23, 1829. l'hyslcnl features, clnu~er of being overrun by Indians from the United States, who are now being settled west of the Mississippi. The only salvation of Texas, upon which depends also the security of Chibuabua, Coahulln, Tnmaulipas. and Nuevo Leon is to settle
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