rHE AUSTiN PAPERS 307 Mexicano de modo qe. sea util y provechoso a la Nacion y Han recibido esta ultima providencia del S. E. el Presidente como prueba inconcuso de la benefica disposicion del Gob 00 - [EsTEVA:S- F. Ausn..~.J
AUSTIN TO JAMES F. P~RRY
San Felipe de Austin. 31 Deer 1829
DEAR BROTHER AND SISTER, ! ,have reflected ·very much on your removal to this country, and after weighing the matter carefully I have become convinced that it is my duty to advise your removal, and I now do so, and urge you not to delay any longer than is absolutely necessary to close all your affairs, or to put them in train to be closed I have peti[ti J oned the Govt of the State for eleven Leagues of lnncl for you on Galveston Bay, within Six or seven Miles of Gal- veston harbor, if the half of that quantity is granted it will be a fortune, l\1y standing with this Govt justifies the expectation that the whole will be granted but there will be a condition that the grant • shall be void unless you actually remove to this colony within tw~ years from tomorrow (1 of Janry 1830) and the limit may possibly be 18 months, tho. I have asked two years- There is a fine opening here for a good Merchant, and a regular trading shooner to ship produce such as _corn, lard etc. to Tampico and vera Cruz would make money rapidly- there is considerable cotton made and some sugar- Beef, Tallow, pork, Lard, Mules etc All goods can now be introduced free of duty but this previlege expires the 1 of Novr next so that next Spring is the best time to move or if you come in the fall let it be before November, for after that time you will have to pay enormous duties. I really do not think that a greater prospect ever before presented itself and I shall think that you are trifling with fortune if you do not embrace it. This matter ought to be considered in another point of view- I am quite alone here- l\fy beloved brother is no more- he has left but one child and I had taken care to secure a large tract of land in my brothers name, which will be a handsome provision [for] my little nephew- my constitution is much broken- at my death I shall leave some land to some one a.nd I wish to see all my sisters children provided for, The eleven Leagues I have petitioned for, will be in the names of both of you and for the equal benefit of both- that is half for Sisters children by Bryan, and half for you, to be disposed of as you think proper, this will be a handsome pro- vision even if they get nothing more, It is now uncertain wheither I shall ever :M:arry, and if I do not, I shall perhaps have some land
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