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• THE AUSTIN PAPERS .AUSTIN TO SAMUEL M. w ILLIAMS l\femorandum
In consideration of the friendship, I have for S. l\{ '\V'illiams, and nlso ns a compensation for. the general services h~ has rendered the inhabitants of this Colony_.for many years while secretary and for which he has not received a full compensation in pro1:>01:tion to his merits. I have ag~·eed to give to said S. :fyI. vVilliams the half of the premium land which may be coming to me as Empresario in the Colony of one hundred families which I Contracted with Govt. in eighteen l:rnndred and twenty seven on the East side of Colorado above the San Antonio r·oacl, but _the said William~ is to attend to all the business and do all the writing and I reserve the right of lo- cating land in that Colony under ~itles which I may purchase.from Mexicans or others who have any right .to acquire lands ther.e- I give this as a memorandi..1m of th~ ~derst1:rnding on ~l~is subject for said v\Tilliams sE=curity in case. of my death.- San Felipe de Austin 4 day of April i830. • STEPHEN F AusTIN .[Rubric] A true Copy. "verbatvm, et litemtimi et punctuatim." J A:!\IES C. V{ ILSON
EDWIN L. PETTIT TO A US'f!N
New Orleans April 5 th 1830 •
Dear Sir· '
• • 1 By the Sehr. Pocahontas which leaves this tomorr.ow for Texas ., . I take liberty of writing you, and sending the N. A. Review con- taining an intere~ting peice OD;- Texas..- I have succeed in recovering the amt of the insurance on my Vessel and am anxiously waiting the next Vessel from Vera Cruz (which is hourly expected) to determine whether to proceed to Mexico, you ·are doubtless in possession of what is transacting in that city, and I presume that Genl. Te1in, as well as the troops and the national Sch. of War, Mosque will have nrrived- ~y the last accounts from Ver~ Cruz; It appears that ~ committee of Congress have reported a project of a Law (which If passed will violate the Public Faith in the instance of vour contracts with the G?vernment) to stop. .the ~~igrntion of A~ericans to Texas, The Brig of war ~ravo was also preparing for sea to arrive between Tampico and Galveston Bay, Between us in confidence from all I have been able to learn the country is very unsettled, the States
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