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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
'l'En,rn ·ro AusnN Pueblo viejo de Tampico 20. de N ove / 829.
Ciud° FELIPE ESTEVAN AusTIN. MuY ESTIMADO AMIGO: Estoy autorizado pr. el Exmo Sr. Presi- dente de la Republica p 0 comunicar a V. a fin de q. lo haga saber ulos Yndividuos de las Colonias mas cercanas a ese punto, q. el Decreto de 15. de Setiembre· ult 0 de q. incluyo a V. un exemplar no comprehende al Departamento de Texas con tal de q. no haya mas introduccion de esclavos. Me apresuro 6. dar 6. V. esta noticia con el fin indicado y p 11 q. no causa disgusto a los propietarios de aquellos, la publicacion del enunciado decreto. Paselo V. bien y mantle io q. guste a su afecto amigo y obsecuente servidor- MANUEL DE MIER y TERAN [Rubric] JOHN AUSTIN TO HINTON CURTIS Received from Mr. Hinton Curti! Six hundred and Thirteen pounds Beef at three Dollars pr hundred pounds-on a/c of Stephen F. Austin Nov• 23 rd 1829 Brasoria- JoHN AusTIN [Rubric]
J OIIN DURST TO .A. USTIN
Nacogdoch•. Nov• 24 de 1829
S. F. AuBTix Esqr • DEAR Sm I receiv 4 yours of the 17th Instant and nm very thank- ful to you for the troble you have taken in the complyence of my request, it has aforded Great Satisfaction to our friends, and I am confident that the corse indicated will unanimosley be adopted to a man; you wish to Know what the Ayuntamt 0 • of this place will do it is hard telling so fan· they have agreed to.cooparate with My vews on that subject, but there [is] no Knowing what turn they may take they are a Boddy without souls and subjects easy worked on by intrigue the Militery comto,. of this place has a considerable influence over them and is much of a scoundrel, I have this day been credibly in:formd that he has long since conceiv 4 the Plan of efecting a revolution amonst the Slaves against their Maste~ he has even told me previos to this that he was astonished it did nott tnke place, but Little did I suspect him Capable of inducing them What are we to do with such a rascal, I hope el Sor. Padilla will soon be on and put things to wright JOHN DunsT [Rubric]
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