THE AUSTIN PAPERS 109 R P D. in y.r Settlement with Phillips ask him if he procured any thing on my a/ c from }tifoKinstry- Battles took some powder from the old office to pay a Spaniard for coming down here- also he hns made use of considerable plank for himself which he must be charged with If I can leave home I will come up nnd arrange these a/cs myself but I shall be so confined that I think it doubtful whether I can leave home. If you have any notes or a/cs due in this Settlement if yon will send them clown by John we will Collect them this fall- John will go to Jacksons sale and if there is any thing to be sold thnt will be of service to us he ma.y purchase.- I am going to mnke a crop this season and if the Negroes hire low we should like to hire them- The window Glass is in the old house back of the oflice-two boxes 10 by 12. and one 8 by 10. the paint is in the same house also the oil- I think the best plan is to hire the house to "\Vhitesides he ought to give at least 20 or 25 dollars p.r :Month. Bowen hns arrived-poor 1'fcKinstry is dead-it is very Sickly in N. Orleans- Eliza sends her love- J. B. AusTIN [Rubric] P. S. Eliza hns two heifers at town one of them is in the bend below cow a black-and the other is at Kuykenclnls, a muly- if Leal can find them I want him to drive them down
AUSTIN TO CEBALLOS l
San Felipe de Austin 20 de Septe 1828
Sor D. 1'1ANUEL CEBALLOS. if UY son MIO DE TODA MI CONSIDERACION' en consequcncia de la oferta generosa qe. V. tuvo la bondad hacer pr. conducto dcl Sor Padilla de interesarse en el asunto de procurar los documentos nese- sarios pn la natnralizacion de buques estrangeros de esta c>olonia jncluyo a V. una solicitud de mi hermano Santiago, y primo Juan Austin, snplicando qe. tenga V. la bondad de presentarla al Exmo Sor l!inistro de Guerra y l\1arina a qnien entiendo se ha de ocurrir. Yo me ofresco como fiaclor para ellos y de dar cuantos fiadorcs sean requiridos a la satisfaccion del Gobdor del Estndo 6 el Gefe del Depa.rtamto en Bexar, 6 el comisnrio del mismo, 6 a el qe. nombre el Gobno •Debo manifestnr qe. In mira qe. me mueve en este asunto cs el bieu c:omun de la colonia. Hnce tpo qe. he excitado a varios intentar establecer un comercio de cabotage con los puertos del sur, pero d~-
1 Consult Austin to Cebnllos, July 28, 1828; Austin-to the President. Sept. 8, 1828: nn<l to Mlulster ot Rclacloncs, Oct. 7.
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