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bf the Leagues on the Oyster Bayou,- My wish is ~o get the one nearest the Sea. beach- Should it be more valuable than any of the others, I will be willing to pay the difference-that difference beinu estimated by the intelligent and disinterested. As I shall come prep~red with men, tools provisions, seeds, and every description of thing that the new settler would require- . The prime object of this letter is to induce you to point out and designate the league that you may be willing or wish me to settle on. For instance, I wish you to procure some surveyors, to go on the !rround, and remark nnd designate the ·1eague-lenving the in- stru;tions at Mitchells, or should there be no inhabitants at :Mit- chell's former residence, at Clarks or some intermediate place, where I may be sure to fall in with them, and thus save the time and trouble of calling at your residence to obtain the information- If there is no insurmountable objection to getting the league next the ocean, I rely most confidently on your acquiesance, I shall come prepared to become a loyal useful citizen-it is my expectation nnd intention to be able to put up immediately a small steam Saw mill, and to build immedeately a schooner for the Coast- ing trade-tho' so long neglected, I :feel confident this is the most valuable part of your Colony- with moderate luck, I think I shall be able to exemplify this beyond a doubt, and in consequ·ence, en- hance the value o:f the lands- I shall bring with me some choice seed wheat, I wish you to select some planter to whom I will give it, and thus have at once a satisfactory experiment made upon this valuable grain. Ro. C. N ICHoLAs. AUSTIN TO JAMES w. BREEDLOVE 1 Austin's, Texas, Oct. 12, 1829 JAMES W. BREEDLOVE,-Sm: I beg leave to return my thanks :for t~e infor~ation which you co~unicated through Mr. S. M. Wil- liams relative to the rumor of an invasion of Texas by 500 Spaniards. ~hey can expect_nothing here but " hard times, hungry times " and rifle bullets. It 1s to be hoped that the Tampico scrape :? will learn them to stay where they are, :for neither ·safety or success will they ever find on the.Mexican soil. I shall always :feel grateful to you for any information which you mny deem interesting to this settlement, or to the Government. I thank !o~ :for your kind disposition manifested in your letter to Mr. '\V[1llin~sn towards this settlement; and in reply to your suggestion relative to the acquisition o:f land here, I deem it my duty 1 From on nnldentlfted newspaper cll11plng. Breedlove was Inter Mexican Consul ot New Orleans. • See Teran to Aoatln, Sept. 28, 1829,
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